Day Five 21st European Championships Tethered Hydroplanes A/B Pazardzhik Bulgaria Despite the foggy heads we headed down to breakfast for 7.30am and at the lake by 8.30am. Norman was helping to mix the fuel and the competition began. Bryn’s B1 had a good launch but only did a few laps, although he had put a new engine in (Mark 1 […]
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For the 2nd year running, the Tethered Hydro section are running a competition to win a ticket to the London Model Engineering show.
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Hi All Firstly may we wish you all a Happy New Year and a successful 2019 racing season. We have been asked by the MPBA to write a pre-season report. After a disastrous 2018 season where bad weather caused many meetings to be cancelled, Let’s hope 2019 will be better. As you are all aware the noise levels will be […]
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Here’s the completed crossword from the December competition. The answer is ‘SCREWDRIVER’ Congratulations to Linda Buonaiuto from London – the lucky winner of a free ticket to the London Model Engineering to Exhibition 2019.
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Win a ticket to the LMEE! Send an email to n.lara@btinternet.com or Facebook Messsenger Norman Lara stating the winning word and the first two correct answers received will win a free entry ticket to the London Model Engineering Exhibition at Alexandra Palace on 18th–20th January 2019. The answers and the winners first name and area of residence will be published […]
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Full event report from the 2018 Naviga A/B Class European Championships: HERE And the official results: HERE
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The MPBA GB A/B team at MODEL YACHT CLUB – PAZARDZHIK for the European Championships. Day 1 – 3 intrepid MPBA members made their way to Pazardzhik to test themselves against Europes best – Norman Lara, Peter Dirs and Stephen Poyser. Heere’s some good background info from On The Wire on the sort of speeds medallists will need to achieve. […]
» Read moreAs the Tethered Hydro section does not run a traditional Championship like the other racing sections, the following table shows best speeds achieved this year by members in each class. Click on an underlined members name for biographical info from On the Wire. Description of Classes and Records = Improved PB = Record
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