27 Dec 2012
Seven urgent Technical Notices have been published covering FAI Licences, a new CIAM Judging Initiative, early implementation of rule amendments for classes F2D & F3C and corrections to manoeuvres in classes F3M & F3N. Download the files below. Technical Notice F2D 4.4.15 Cancellation of a...
28 Dec 2012
Before anyone would be objecting of the title, I hasten to define, that the expression does not designate the quality but the location. Certainly, those who are touched by the enterprise to be introduced in the following, are (yet) far from the level of technical expertise that is required for...
14 Feb 2013
For many years, model airplanes have been flown in wintertime on the frozen lake in Davos in the Swiss alps. The conditions may be a bit special but are not nearly as nasty as aeromodellers in warmer hemispheres may think. Thermals when flying in Winter? "These are less likely in midwinter – but...
17 Apr 2013
The official results of the 2012 World Championships for Electric Model Aircraft have been revised. A RUS competitor had represented UKR in the 2010 F5D World Championships. By representing RUS in the 2012 Championships he was in contravention of General Section rule 8.1.3.6.4 and his results are,...
16 Apr 2013
It is often thought that aeromodelling only ever involves seconds, metres and performing geometrically precise aerobatics manoeuvres as accurately as possible. In our modern society, this limited perception of the term "sport" is no longer relevant. On the contrary – in this day and age, the sport...
13 Apr 2013
The 2013 Annual Meeting of the FAI Aeromodelling Commission (CIAM) was held on 19 and 20 April 2013 in Lausanne, Switzerland. This year saw a particularly high number of delegates and a total attendance of around 90 people. The Memorandum of Understanding between CIAM and FAME (FAI Air Sports...