When myself and Rob set up the club many years back now, we wanted to get as many people out flying as possible. To share our passion for flying RC gliders. Our aim is still the same but where are all our members and why aren't you out flying?
Remember what the benefits are for you as a club member:
- An enjoyable time out flying with a group of like minded guys. Lots of banter and laughs. We visit many different flying sites because we need to go where the wind takes us (literally). meet other flyers from around the area. We are gifted with so many wonderful flying sites within a reasonable distance which all offer something different. How many of the vast array of flying sites have you flown at within the South? Fly as many as you can. Yes, it might mean getting in the car for an hour but it's experience and the enjoyment of somewhere new.
- Club Instructors - Enthusiastic, experienced flyers who want to help you get the most from your flying. We are here to help YOU! Stick time is important as is flying at different flying sites. You don't move on unless you gain experience. That's were the problem lies with a lot of people. Not much stick time means you begin to lose confidence, It's one step forward and two steps back. Months away from the slope and you start of being all fingers and thumbs and slowly start getting back into it again then you disappear for another few months and the cycle repeats its self and you just don't progress. Like anything model flying takes practice to build experience. Experience is gained through stick time. Myself, Ian & Rob are here to pass on some of our experience, after all we have all had to learn and probably been through the same problems and issues you are experiencing. We are not here to judge but to help. All you need is to ask - it's as simple as that guys!
- Club trainers - We have a slope foamy glider. Something any club member can fly. It could be under supervision or solo. We have two club transmitters that we can buddy with you for the added confidence that someone is there to take over if anything goes wrong. So you should never not have a model to fly anymore. Use the trainer to practice your landings if you are not sure. We have an electric glider which can be flown off the flat. It's nothing special but again it's open to all club members to fly and again it can be buddied up so someone else is with you flying.
- We have a decent blog that gives plenty of site information, a shout box to communicate with others and we try and keep as up to date as possible. Here you will hopefully find out who is going flying and where and when. I can only go flying at weekends but others go out during the week. This blog is open to anyone from our huge flying community to contribute to and post here. If you are new to the hobby don't feel like your views and experiences are not welcome because they are. Its here for everyone, so feel free to use it and share your views and experiences.
- You have your very own technical help within the club. Tim is our 'goto' man for help with programing Spektrum TX's or building help / advice. There isn't too much he doesn't know about the Spektrum and building RC models. Technical help is always just an email away.
- We have grown well as a club over the past few years. I think we have 23 or 24 members. I fly most weekends and I unfortunately see the same old faces most weekends and the majority of the time it's just myself and Ian. So the question is: where are the other 20+ members? What's stopping more of you coming out flying. We can't run a club with two or three active members. It's not come to the point of saying 'use it or loose it' yet but more like 'use it and enjoy the club experience'.
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