What is F3 Radio Control Pylon Racing? History RC pylon racing started during the early 1960’s in California and soon spread to the rest of the World. By the late 1960’s RC pylon racing was firmly established on both sides of the Atlantic and from the early 1970’s rules existed within the FAI to...
The CIAM F3 Helicopter class consists of two subclasses: F3C and F3N. F3C – RC Aerobatic Helicopters In F3C pilots have to perform complex hovering and aerobatic manoeuvres with a radio controlled model helicopter. Each manoeuvre must be executed with high precision and skill in any attitude and...
The "F3B subcommittee" was initiated a long time ago and was named respectively after the only Radio Control Glider class at the time, the "F3B". Today, its name has changed to "RC-Soaring Subcommittee" as it is responsible for developing and monitoring seven more Radio Controlled Glider classes, a...
The CIAM F3 RC Aerobatics Subcommittee is responsible for the development and monitoring of four CIAM classes. F3A, F3P, F3M and F3S. These classes involve complex aerial manoeuvres with a radio controlled model aircraft, where utmost precision and skill in controlling the model aircraft in any...
The second oldest competition class for flying model aircraft is control line or F2 class models. Their popularity rose quickly after the World War II and they were accepted into FAI/CIAM World Championship competition in 1960. These model aircraft are controlled in flight by a system of two wires...
A history from 1911 by Charles Dennis Rushing This book describes the history of the Wakefield International Cup, the first international trophy for aeromodelling competition. The history of the Cup can be traced back to the Wakefield Gold Cup presented by the then Sir Charles Wakefield in 1911 for...