The 2016 Plenary Meeting of the FAI Aeromodelling Commission (CIAM) was held from 08 – 09 April 2016 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The meeting took place in the Hotel Mövenpick in Ouchy.

41 Members were represented at this meeting.

Please find below the main decisions and discussions during the meeting:
 

Discussions

• The FAI Strategic Plan and related action points including the multi-discipline and air games concept was presented by FAI Secretary General, Ms. Susanne Schödel.
   
• FAI was present at the last JARUS (Joint Authorities for Rulemaking on Unmanned Systems) meeting. FAI was one of the SCBs (Special Consultation Body) amongst many other and mostly commercial representatives.
   
• The Commission thanked Mr. Srdjan PELAGIC (SRB) for his 60 years of involvement in aeromodelling activities, 40 years as CIAM delegate and 20 years as chairman of the space modelling sub-committee and also Mr. Gerhard Wöbbeking who served CIAM as Eduction S/C Chairman and also as CIAM VP for more than 15 years. Delegates recognized these outstanding lifetime contribution to air sports with standing ovation.
   
• A discussion was also related to Drones. FAI has set the rules and together with the know-how and knowledge of all worldwide Members the aim is to develop attractive Drone racing events and to transform each Drone racing pilot into a responsible sports pilot. As a result, a provisional class F3U – RC Multi-Rotor FPV Racing has been implemented, as well as a CIAM sub-committee named “FPV racing and similar activities”.
   
• A presentation of the existing “Live Scoring” systems was performed so that both CIAM Sub Committees Chairmen and Delegates consider the use of them while generating new rules with main scope to attract the sponsors and the spectators.
   
• The CIAM ABR volume was accepted to be replaced by a new volume named as CIAM General Rules. The work will also address the naming of classes.

Awards

• Alphonse Penaud Diploma
  Ivan TREGER (SVK)
• Frank Ehling Diploma
  National Association of Rocketry (USA) 
• FAI Aeromodelling Gold Medal
  Dag ECKHOFF (NOR)

Awarded Championships

2017

• 2017 FAI F3A World Championship for Aerobatic Model Aircraft
  F3A Seniors
  F3A Juniors
  Doha (QAT)
  18 – 28 November 2017
   
• 2017 FAI F3B World Championship for Model Gliders
  F3B Senior
  F3B Juniors
  Jesenik (CZE)
  06 – 13 August 2017
   
• 2017 FAI F3D World Championship for Pylon Racing Model Aircraft
  F3D Seniors
  F3D Juniors
  Dala-Järna (SWE)
  25 – 29 July 2017
   
• 2017 FAI F3K World Championship for Model Gliders
  F3K Seniors
  F3K Juniors
  Lviv (UKR)
  24 – 30 July.2017

2018

• 2018 FAI F1 Juniors World Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft
  Pazardzhik (BUL)
  05 – 11 August 2018
   
• 2018 FAI F1D World Championship for Indoor Model Aircraft
  West Baden Springs, Indiana (USA)
  18 – 22 March 2018
   
• 2018 FAI F2 World Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft
  Senior
  Juniors
  Landres (FRA)
  13 – 21 July 2018
   
• 2018 FAI F3J World Championship for Model Gliders
  Seniors
  Juniors
  Buzau (ROU)
  July or August 2018 – t.b.c.
   
• 2018 FAI F4 World Championships for Scale Model Aircraft
  Meiringen (SUI)
  05 – 14 July 2018
   
• 2018 FAI S World Championships for Space Models
  Seniors S1B, S3A, S4A, S5C, S6A, S7, S8E/P, S9A
  Juniors S1A, S3A, S4A, S5B, S6A, S7, S8D, S9A
  Nowy Targ (POL)
  25 August – 02 September 2018

Continental Championships

• 2017 FAI F3J European Championship for Model Gliders
  Senior
  Juniors
  Martin (SVK)
  16 – 22 July 2017
   
• 2018 FAI F1 European Championships for Free Flight Model Aircraft
  Seniors
  Szentes (HUN)
  23 – 30 July 2018
   
• 2018 FAI F1E European Championship for Free Flight Model Aircraft
  Seniors
  Juniors
  Martin (SVK)
  26 – 31 August 2018
   
• 2018 FAI F3K European Championship for Model Gliders
  Seniors
  Juniors
  Martin (SVK)
  15 – 21 July 2018

Check out the calendar for all Aeromodelling past and future events.

Bureau Elections

President: Antonis PAPADOPOULOS (GRE)
1st Vice President: Bruno DELOR (FRA)
2nd Vice President: Narve JENSEN (NOR)
3rd Vice President: Andras REE (HUN)
Secretary: Massimo SEMOLI (SUI)
Technical Secretary: Kevin DODD (AUS)

Sub Committees Elections

F2 Control Line: Peter HALMAN (GBR)
New - F4 Scale: Johan EHLERS (RSA)
F5 Electric: Emil GIEZENDANNER (SUI)
F7 Aerostats: Johannes EISSING (GER)
New - Space Modelling: Jose CUDEN (SLO)
New - Education: Per FINDAHL (SWE)
New - FPV Racing & Similar Activities: Bruno DELOR (FRA)

Gerhard Wöbbeking will continue to be point of contact for the Scholarship Program

F1 Free Flight: Ian KAYNES (GBR)
F3 Aerobatics: Michael RAMEL (GER)
F3 Soaring: Tomas BARTOVSKY (CZE)
F3 Helicopters: Dag ECKHOFF (NOR)
F3 Pylon Racing: Rob METKEMEIJER (NED)

Next Meeting

The next Plenary Meeting of the CIAM Bureau will be held from 02 to 03 December 2016 and 27 April 2017. The CIAM Plenary will meet from 28 – 29 April 2017.

Delegates are invited to bid for other venues than Lausanne, Switzerland.