Meetings and Minutes

The new 2013 BMFA Free-Flight Forum Report has just been published. It’s the 29th year that these Reports have been produced and this one is packed with useful information on new developments in a wide range of free-flight activities, as the following contents list shows.

John O’Donnell, an Appreciation, by Andy Crisp;
A Knotty Problem (Rubber Winding), by Peter Hall;
Stability of Scale Indoor Free Flight Models, by Andy Sephton;
The Role of Radio Transmissions in Free Flight, by Stuart Darmon;
A Propeller Copying Mill, by Peter Brown;
Model Aircraft Technology with an Emphasis on F1B, by Neil Cliff;
Catapult Launched Glider Technology, by Phil Ball;
Electric Bikes for Free Flight Model Retrieval, by Brian Baines;
Wrestling with a Slippery One (LDA Airfoils), by Chris Edge;
Free Flight in Britain – What’s the Future? by Phil Ball;
F1A Development and Contest Success, by Stuart Darmon;
Indoor Model Steering for Dummies, by Mark Benns;
Around (Model Aircraft) Construction in 80 Seconds, by Neil Cliff.

In addition there are plans and articles on six of the most successful free-flight models of 2012.

The UK price is £12.00 including postage; to Europe it’s £14 and everywhere else £16. Sales of the Forum Reports help to defray the heavy expenses of those representing Great Britain at World and European Free-Flight Championships.

Cheques should be payable to ‘BMFA F/F Team Support Fund’ in pounds sterling, drawn on a bank with a UK branch; you may also order by credit card, which is a lot easier (and cheaper).

Copies are available from : Martin Dilly
20, Links Road,
West Wickham,
Kent,
BR4 OQW

or by fax to: (44) + (0)20-8777-5533, or by e-mail to martindilly@compuserve.com

The twenty-ninth BMFA Free-Flight Forum will be on Sunday, Dec. 1st, the day after the BMFA AGM; please note that this year’s AGM date has been changed from that announced late last year, though the venue remains the Puma Island Hotel, Hinckley LE10 3JA. Please up-date your diaries, book that weekend and contact Martin Dilly at martindilly@compuserve.com or on 020 87775533 with your offers of papers to present on any free-flight topic from FAI to Vintage, Indoor to Scale.

2012 Control Line World Championships Medals.  In a tense and closely fought Championship, the F2A Speed Team of Ken Morrissey, Peter Halman & Paul Eisner took Championship Team Gold.  This is the 15th year in succession that the GBR Speed Team has won the Team Gold medal, making it eight World Championships and seven European Championships in a row.  The individual silver medal went to Ken Morrissey.  Well done, the unique GBR Speed Team!

AEROBATICS CENTRALISED RESULTS

Aerobatics 3rd Centralised cancelled because of lack of entries.

Aerobatics 4th Centralised

Aerobatics 5th Centralised

F2C CENTRALISED RESULTS

F2C 3rd Centralised

F2C 4th Centralised

F2D CENTRALISED RESULTS

F2D 2nd Centralised

F2D 4th Centralised

SPEED CENTRALISED RESULTS

Speed 3rd Centralised was cancelled by site owners.

Speed 4th & 5th previously published in June.

Speed 6th Centralised

TEAM SELECTION LEAGUES/TABLES

F2B League 2012

2012 F2C Team Selection

F2D Team Selection Points

The CL Aerobatics Centralised competition scheduled for 13th May has been cancelled because of lack of entries.