BMFA Nostalgic Speed Nationals – incorporating Weatherman Speed note click hyperlinks for additional information such as plans The BMFA Nostalgic Speed Nationals were held over the weekend of 20th to 21st August at the BMFA site at Buckminster. The event was attended by a good number of C/L Speed participants, and a great deal of… Read More »
Please click the link below for the full result table for the 2022 BMFA CL speed Nats https://cl-speed.bmfa.uk/speed-nationals-2022
The BMFA CL speed Nats was run at Barton Model club site this year due to problems securing permission from the RAF for use of Barkston Heath. BMFA Open speed is run on a record ratio basis, so what does this mean? Well it means that all types of model can compete against one another… Read More »
Please click the link below to view the centralised CL speed results for July 2022 Speed Centralised Score Sheet 23-07-22 Buckminster & 31-07-22 Barton Also F2A World Champs results here 2022 FAI WCh F2A on-line results (cl-f2abcd-wchs2020.pl)
Click the link below to see the results of the combined meetings at Buckminster and Barton combined results 22-05-22 and 29-05-22
Barton BMFA Open speed meeting 28th and 29th May Reporting by Dick Hart and Barrie Lever Saturday was a better day for practice and we spent a couple of hours with Barrie trying to get his fast jet to run. In the end it was decided it needed a thicker valve to compensate for the… Read More »
The BMFA CL Speed Nationals is confirmed at Barton CL circles on the weekend of 20th and 21st August. Great work by Dick Hart, Speedcom and the Barton club to have this prestigious event confirmed given the uncertainties surrounding Nats venues. Please see ENTRY FORM for full details including accommodation options. CL speed Nats all… Read More »
Ron Irvine It is with deep regret that I must inform our website subscribers and readers that Ron Irvine passed away on 14/03/2022. I first meet Ron in the early 1980’s through involvement in the Club 20 RC pylon racing scene, Ron was one of the two main manufacturers of engines for the class and… Read More »
The promotion efforts of UK control line speed in recent years are having positive effects on participation levels, however there is more to entering a CL speed event than just having a model and coming along to a competition. One area that makes beginners cautious is being able to fly a fast model in the… Read More »
On the 1st Feburary we had a great webinar on 2 stroke model engine development presented by Peter Halman, whilst the webinar did cover some aspects of production model aircraft engines from Peters time at Irvines, the main elements majored on performance engines and in particular CL speed engines. We would strongly recommend viewing of… Read More »