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...
Sporting Result Blog about the F1ABC-W/C and Junior F1ABP-E/C Where next time Q at US Free Flight Championship, Lost Hills Sporting Result Our Sporting Code uses a Term "Sporting Result". We have spoken of this before that one of the "Elephants in the corner" for us, FAI Free Flight Sportsmen is how to obtain a Sporting Result when the performance of our models can out...
Q rules proposal clarification Champs real soon now Q rules proposal clarification From: Andreas Lindner More about F1Q rules In response of the posting from Urs Schaller in SEN 3126 I will clarify that the proposed rule change is NOT a German proposal, it comes from Italy. I was in contact with Urs before and have only gave a comment to these proposal which he...
Blog of the F1E W/C Blog of the F1E W/C From: Bernhard Schwendemann The F1E W/C is currently running in Romania. On the webpage of Thermiksense you will find a blog: https://www.thermiksense.de/2023-f1e-wm-rumaenien/ Bernhard Schwendemann We missed getting this out last night in time for the event. This is an excellent detailed report on the Event and supporting World Cups.
Rule changes F1Q For SEN on Q at 2 Joules Rule changes F1Q From: Dieter Paff Hello Roger, it is interesting to note that even though this beautiful class is so new, there`s already a talk of rule changes for F1Q. Some say the models are too big, others say they come too high, other have the opinion that the performance are to high, etc,...
Adjusting the F1Q rules Tangent contests USA Team Gear Adjusting the F1Q rules From Urs Schaller In two years' time we will have a F1Q FF World Championship for the first time. In order to avoid the pre-contest discussions we live at each World Cup contest, we should adequate today's rules. We all know the exorbitant potential of a well-trimmed F1Q model. It can reach,...