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 »
Over the Christmas holidays we trialled a CL speed Zoom chat session, this was well received by those who took part which was approx 30 people. Shortly after the Zoom chat we were asked by a number of people if there would be another chat session? this is a good idea to keep competitors and… Read More »
The 2022 Barton CL club contest calendar has been released today, this has all of the Barton speed events listed, we will do a merge of this calendar and the Buckminster speed calendar in the next couple of days to produce a speed specific calendar for 2022. BARTON CONTEST CALENDAR 2022v3
Following on from the great reception and feedback that we got from the recent CL speed webinar hosted by Speedcom on behalf of the BMFA, we will be trying a new idea of a World Wide CL speed chat, this will be a great opportunity for everyone to talk about CL speed, there will be… Read More »
Just to remind you all that there is a CL speed webinar being hosted by Dick Hart tomorrow evening, this webinar will discuss the smaller introductory IC speed classes such as 12, 21N, F21 and 29N. The presentation is packed with content and there will also be time to discuss the larger IC classes, Weatherman… Read More »
Whilst not strictly a CL speed meeting or event there will be a CL speed presence in the trade stands along with other proper modelling supplies, rather than the foam and ARTF glossy boxes which is where shows like the long defunct Sandown Symposium had got to. There should be a number of good trade… Read More »
STOP PRESS 2021 CL speed results are at the following links. Thanks to the Barton Club for hosting a great meeting, and for a good sporting attendance with World Class performances. Full report to follow shortly. BMFA 2021 Open Speed National Championships Sanitised 31.8.21 (2) BMFA 2021 Open Speed National Championships F2A Breakout
The 3rd centralised Open speed meeting was held according to schedule, it is great to be getting back into a regular drum beat with CL speed meetings in 2021. So first off for the impatient, who won? Well Dick Hart was the winner again with a Sport Jet flight of the ‘Yellow peril’. This model… Read More »
The weather was a real mixture on Sunday, we awoke to frozen snow on the vehicles but in bright sunshine, so it wasn’t long in warming up. Conditions generally good for flying although it was cold and the air pressure was high. RAD sitting at 103, DA at -1000ft! Ken did try to run up… Read More »
We are now able to bring you all the great news that there will be an Open Control Line speed National Championships over the August Bank holiday. The Open Control Line speed Nationals will be held at the Barton site near to Manchester, this site is able to host the full range of CL speed… Read More »