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Indoor Duration Technical Committee

2007 Scale Indoor Nationals Results are available to download as PDF

Gyminnie Cricket Challenge

In the February 2008 BMFA News we announced the commencement of the Gyminnie Cricket Challenge and the imminent launch of its website to complement and promote the initiative.

We will rely on the interaction of all fliers from novice to top internationals to make this a success so please email your comments, articles and pictures.

The First event is a postal event to run through to the end of October 2008, with the leading 50 persons being invited to a top venue to find a champion and collect a new BMFA Award. Our intention is to simultaneously hold an Open National Club event generated from the individual club members to establish who will be the inaugural holder of the `Top Club Trophy’.

The Gyminnie Cricket

The chosen model is a Gyminnie Cricket (P15 class), which we know thousands of adults and children have built and flown over the last 10/15 years. Duration is still the name of the game. Download the plan now and your challenge is to develop your model to increase its performance. That is, to build a lighter version, or versions, change or make your own propeller, choose your wood, lighter motor stick etc., but the standard dimensions must be adhered to. The overall length, span, chord and tail plane must conform to the original specification.

This webpage will direct you to suppliers of the materials you will need, along with helpful online sites and reference books. Much of the same principles will apply to your model as they do to building most of the duration classes, Penny Plane, EZB and international class F1D.

Achievement Awards

We will be issuing achievement awards, for those who wish to receive them, for fliers who surpass the one-minute mark, along with subsequent 30 second increments. A downloadable data sheet will be provided for you to declare your times, weight, prop, covering, rubber motor, and you are encouraged to enclose photographs of the models for possible inclusion in the BMFA NEWS.

We hope you take up this challenge and our initiative, which has been devised to encourage new blood and dormant talent to the fore. The event is open to all BMFA, RAFMAA and SAA members, so hurry and contact Mark or Allan via e-mail to register your interest and receive all the latest news and future information packs or download now.

Downloads

Plans, Materials, Rules & Scoresheets

[These are PDF links: left click to open in new window or right click and select save to download]

Indoor Duration Tech Committee Members 2008

 

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