The STC are looking for an assistant team manager to support the team manager Graham Kennedy and the GB team at the RC scale World Championships which will be held in Norway in 2021 (or possibly 2022 as a result of the impact of Covid 19). Ideally, the STC would like the assistant team manager … Read More
Dear All For the first time in it’s 50 year history, the F4 World Champs have had to be postponed. In my role as Team Manager, I saw the opportunity for us to revisit our team and increase the UK presence. After consultation with my colleagues on the STC, the proposal document below was submitted … Read More
Graham Kennedy is running the Scale Uncovered event on March 15th at Buckminster. Intended to show how easy and unthreatening entry into a BMFA competition is. To give guidance on how to fly and how to produce the necessary documents. To take away the perceived barriers to participation right from club level, up to the … Read More
Scale at the 2020 BMFA FF Nats It is with great regret that the STC has decided to pull their Scale competitions out of the 2020 FF Nats. The entry fees proposed by the FFTC were considered by the STC to be excessive and a request for a sensible reduction made to the FFTC was … Read More
The 2020 Indoor Scale Nationals Entry Forms for both RC and FF on April 18th & 19th are now up on the main BMFA website. They can be downloaded, filled in and emailed, or printed off and posted. Here :- https://bmfa.org/Downloads/Entry-Booking-Forms?EntryId=3419
World Championship team for 2020 The FAI F4 Scale World Championships will be held at Jarlsberg Flying sports centre Tonsberg Norway on July 25th till August 1st 2020. The Scale Technical Committee are pleased to announce that the team who will represent Great Britain in the F4H class are Steven Jackson, John Carpenter and Richard … Read More
HEADS-UP ON REVISIONS TO 2020 PEANUT RULES Herewith the key information from the updated 2020 Peanut Rules for those of you interested and especially those choosing projects for April 19th. The Pistachio Rule updates are identical. The rules have been updated to reflect the original simplicity of the class and scoring system with the objectives … Read More
Synopsis of 2020 Scale Rule Changes The following is a brief summary of the changes which will be made to the BMFA Scale Rule Book for 2020 and is made available for advance information only. In view of the number of changes and new classes, it is essential that all competitors in Scale competitions obtain … Read More
The PROVISIONAL Results have been posted for all scale classes (RC, FF & CL) flown at last weekend’s August Nationals. Look here https://bmfa.org/DesktopModules/Bring2mind/DMX/Download.aspx?Command=Core_Download&EntryId=3280&language=en-GB&PortalId=0&TabId=1584
Message from Chris Allen Overall Scale CD. Competitors Pre Flight Briefings. R/C Classes – In the Scale Marquee Saturday 0800 – Chris Allen and John Minchell C/L Classes – At the Scale Control Line circle Saturday 0800 – Brian Cordwell FF Classes – At the Scale Marquee Saturday 1745 – John Minchell Static Judging R/C … Read More