Category Archives: General

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 »

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 »