The Buckminster hard circle project is really picking up some pace, great progress has been made since the easing of the lockdown and another working party is required for Monday the 12th April. The work on that day will involve the shuttering around the very outside of the circle, please try and attend, if you… Read More »
We have had great news from the CL hard circle project group at Buckminster, work is going better than expected and there is a call to arm’s to assist with shuttering work for the inner circle concrete pour, please see note below from Peter Halman on this. Please contact Manny Williamson at Buckminster if you… Read More »
One factor that can limit the continuation of an event such as control line speed is the lack of availability of engines, kits and hardware for the event. There were of course times in the past where some parts and certainly engines from the likes of Irvine, OS, K&B, OPS and Super Tigre to name… Read More »
This is the great news that we have all been waiting for, that being a resumption of competitive speed flying. As far as I can see this will be the first organised model flying competition run anywhere in the UK in 2021. Of course we still have to be careful and follow all Covid related… Read More »
I thought that we could do with an update on what is going on with CL speed in 2021, but would we have enough to report on? By the time I had collected all of the news together I was staggered at the amount of activity. So lets kick off. Aeromodeller The February 2021 issue… Read More »
Time for an update on the 21N promotion. We know that five competitors have bought new engines and we know that one potential competitor already has 21 size engines, so this looks promising considering that this is still early days. The 21N promotion is being driven by Dick Hart, Chris Martindale and Barrie Lever with… Read More »
21N The Beginners’ Control Line Speed Class Welcome to part 2 of our introduction to flying and competing in CL speed events, the response to part 1 has been very encouraging we already have three newcomers committing to taking part in 21N CL speed, and the age range is encouraging as well. In this part… Read More »
Why fly Control Line speed? Well the short answer is that it is good fun, has great camaraderie, has interesting technology and finally is well organised. The origins Well it will come as no surprise to readers that pretty well as soon as control line flying was established that people would want to find out… Read More »
Well we held one of the most serious promotions for Control Line flying of any type on the evening of Tuesday 5th January. What a great success this Zoom webinar was, the BMFA have encouraged these webinars during the these difficult times, Dick Hart presented the webinar supported by fellow Barton Club speed fliers, if… Read More »
New regulations for BMFA members flying drones and model aircraft from 1st January 2021 Hello everyone, these new regulations are spelled out in more detail on the main BMFA website, hit the news button to read the details. Here is the link; https://bmfa.org/News/News-Page/ArticleID/2706/New-regulations-for-BMFA-Members-flying-drones-and-model-aircraft-after-31st-December If you fly control line models weighing over 1kg. fuelled and/or with… Read More »