Free Flighters, I am writing to keep you informed about the recent proposal involving the potential sale of the Academy of Model Aeronautics property in Muncie, Indiana. From our limited knowledge the proposal would sell the NATS flying field, AMA HQ and the museum to be used for a data center. Importantly the executive committee has signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA). An NDA is...
Indoor - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wBhMys2rkw69Tyo-YCDWYa0yOhZkxh2pohGSAMY0aIw/edit?gid=1194412114#gid=1194412114 Outdoor - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vT4WDXQ4BQh_bS_ShEvCzMyiwxmE81WVfoVmX70cvPlzDN1nbVMu1sBJ7K87K_upD3mR2mYNNWalF6o/pubhtml?gid=379879557&single=true
Art Ellis From Andrew Barron Dear Free Flight Friends, I am sharing the sad news of the passing of Art Ellis on June 2. He is greatly missed. TRIBUTE TO ARTHUR ELLIS (April 29, 1949 to June 2, 2026) Art was a hugely impactful educator and sportsman. First we are inspired by his early years in football, competitive sailing and sailing instrumentation from the 1960s...
Motors and more motors Which one first ? Who's Altimeter is that ? Motors and more motors Regarding the rule change to allow F1B flyers to wind one motor before the flyoff starts. I have no problem with this but in my opinion the rule needs extra clarification. 1, It says that we can wind ONE motor before the flyoff starts. What if I do...
CIAM PLENARY MEETING Corrected link for Naloev Cup Photos Big Als – rewired schedule CIAM PLENARY MEETING Ian’s report appear in FFn – Free Flight News, we include it here becase it will be some time before the official minutes appear) Report by Ian Kaynes The annual meeting of CIAM (the Aeromodelling Commission of the FAI) was held in Lausanne on April 27 to 29....
Russian Report Looking for a MAX Looking for models Info for SEN Russian Report From : Sergey Makarov. Dear friends. We had very nice contest in Nalchik in Russia, world cup event ‘Naloev Cup’. As usual, it was one of the biggest in Europe: 68 in F1A, 59 in F1B, 59 (46+13 F1C+F1P). Nice weather, very good field, beautiful view for Kavkaz mountings... and very...
Double Standards Results of USA Pre- CIAM Survey Double Standards From:Damjan Zulic Hi Roger With my comment about possible abuse of electronics in FF I just wanted to point out double standards with some suggestions. I know that the use of a closed loop feed back systems is forbidden. But I also know, that the existing technology allows it and that nobody controls that. The...
End of Rumor - new GPS tracker GPS - SEN 2295 Pre- CIAM Meeting comments End of Rumor - new GPS tracker From: ffelectronics Hi Roger, This is to quit the 'rumors' of the last few days and confirm that I am going to release a new product named Pyxis, the new GPS model tracker from ffelectronics. I plan to publish information and pictures by...