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Club
History
The club was formed in
1983 by 6 people whose common interest were
flying radio controlled model helicopters.
Knowing there were a lot of people in the area
going it alone, the club was formed to bring
these people together so they could combine
knowledge and experience and reach a higher
standard of flying skills. Unlike today's
models, the helicopters around at this time had
very basic electrics, which made them a lot
harder to fly compared to the models of today.
Gyro's, governors and computerised radio sets
were almost unheard of and the gyro's that did
come along were mainly mechanical rather than
electronic based. Engine technology, rotor blade
design and the helicopter kits have changed a
lot from twenty years ago.
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club originally flew at Baiter in Poole,
as you will see in this picture, then
moved on to Hamworthy and then Lychett
Matravers until we had a problem with
noise. We now have 2 fields which we
rotate between on a monthly basis, one
at Broom hill in Ferndown and the other
at Morden. The idea behind rotating
fields is to allow members to still fly
should one of our fields have a problem
and also it gives members a change of
scenery once a month and keeps the noise
nuisance to a minimum. |
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The main aim of
setting up the club was to first promote and
demonstrate that flying a model helicopter can
be flown in a safe and controlled manner and you
can have fun flying them. The club supports all
types of helicopters, from 3d aerobatic machines
to the more detailed scale models and the new
bread of micro electric's.
Safety has and
will always be one of the clubs major key
objectives. Whilst flying model helicopters can
be fun, they can also be very dangerous when
things go wrong. The club has an excellent
record on safety and will continue to monitor
and change safety procedures as needed to make
sure all members have a safe environment to fly
in.
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Here are some of
the models that were built in the early days of
the club.
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