30 Mar 2014
CIAM Bureau has instituted a "Jury Pack" to help and guide FAI Jury Presidents. Access the basis of the CIAM Jury Pack on the Documents page and scroll down to "Other Documents". CIAM Technical Secretary
07 Apr 2014
The problems of mankind's future are associated with energy and resources. With solar aeromodelling, young people can learn how to use energy economically and efficiently. Aeromodellers as pioneers of aviation Flying with solar energy will occupy us over many more decades to come. Aviation history...
22 Apr 2014
The 2014 Annual Meeting of the FAI Aeromodelling Commission (CIAM) was held on 11 and 12 April 2014 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The CIAM Bureau Members met a day earlier at the same location. Friday evening’s Open Forum discussion After the 2013 success another “Open Forum” had been scheduled and...
03 May 2014
Urgent Technical Notices were generated at the 2014 CIAM Plenary Meeting. They deal with the FAI Sporting Code, Section 4 Aeromodelling under the volumes ABR (CIAM Internal Regulations, General Rules for International Contests), F3 Soaring (F3F), F4 Scale, F5 Electric Flight, and Space Models...
28 Jun 2014
Safety Notice – F2B Electric Powered Model Aircraft There have been recent instances of electric powered F2B model aircraft starting up and moving forward on their own after landing. It is clear that this is particularly dangerous when the pilot has laid down his handle and is, therefore, no longer...
06 Aug 2014
Gee Bee 1000 – the control line model with electric motor The availability of very affordable R/C kits and/or ready-built models from robust EPP material make it possible to quickly and easily build simple electric-powered control line models. Convert an RC model into a perfectly flying control...
