Indoor Nats San Valeers Annual NFFS You Tube Channel 2021 Indoor Nats From:William  Shailor The Detroit Balsa Bugs and the Cloudbusters Model Airplane Club are honored to host the 2021 Indoor Nats at The UWM Sports Complex in Pontiac, Michigan. The contest will run from Tuesday, July 20, to Friday, July 23, 2021. It is […]

The 2021 FAI Southwest Regionals Model Airplane Championships Flyoffs. Back in the good old days Fab Feb FollowUp Heads up for SoCal  locals San Valeers Annual The 2021 FAI Southwest Regionals Model Airplane Championships The first America’s Cup contest of 2021, the FAI SWR, was held on January 16 and 17 in Eloy, Arizona. The […]

5  for one ? When launching you must get your feet off the ground Helped ? Reinventing the Wheel 5  for one ? From:Alex Andriukov Good catch, Gil. I did not think about this situation. Yes, we cannot allow 5 friends to simultaneously wind 5 motors for one guy in fly off. Alex Andriukov Editor’s […]

Alex has wound it up. F1B winder……… no need for radical changes Never understood Alex has wound it up. From:Peter Brown Hi All Enough said. I will go with Alex. Peter Brown UK F1B flyer.   F1B winder……… From : kuflik Shmuel For my opinion lets compromise. make the fly off to 9 minutes winding […]

Whoops Jama drop, Jama flop and the Kamikaze launch. Some Musings on the Past and the Future of Competitive Model Flying Whoops We thought that SEN 2815 has been sent but just as we were putting this issue togther we not noticed that we had not pushed the final button ….as I sad Whoops   […]

Do we really need to watch the winder? 7 is tight Fly-off in shifts – no need to re-invent the wheel Do we really need to watch the winder? From: Alex Andriukov Was it a problem lately that the competitor does not wind the motor him/herself? I do not know any serious flier who would […]

Prewinding and flyoff in shifts? F1B answer is simple Thank you Charlie Don’t get into a panic Agree with Dino Prewinding and flyoff in shifts? From: Aram Schlosberg If B fliers are confined to winding in their 7-minute flyoff window, then consistency requires that A fliers stretch out their lines during their 7-minute window and […]

F1A Proposed proposal Falling down. I’m starting F1B but F1Aa break too I did read the rules Where is it written  ? (in the rule book ??) Simple is Better Why Editor’s Observations F1A Proposed proposal Falling down. From:Peter Tribe To me this whole theme gets more bizarre day by day. How did ‘fitness’ get […]

Wind and Fly ? Legal Wind It’s how fast you wind Free for all observation Looking for an Orca ? Wind and Fly ? From:Jerry Fitch I have always thought the “wind” part of the “wind and fly” language was just a regrettably unedited and unintentional figure or habit of speech, like “pack up and […]

Fab February Postponed F1A proposal falling down OK with 7 Pro banning of “falling down” Fab February Postponed From :William Booth Covid & Fabulous February Health statistics published by the Kern County Health Department in the last couple days indicates that of the 216 cases of Covid reported in Lost Hills since March 2020, 48 […]

Reject the 7-minute rule! Towing Safety Info from the NFFS Dino equipment F1B Rocks Reject the 7-minute rule! From: Aram Schlosberg A new rule proposed by the technical committee confines winding B-motors to their 7- minute flyoff window. They are a bit apologetic, saying that the other events – A and C can fully utilize […]

Perspective Unintended consequences Perspective From : Per Findahl Hi ! As I saw my name in the comments for the “Falling down launches” I just want to give my opinion on this matter and some more. What we often see in proposals is that often all background is based on OPINIONS, not FACTS. I really don’t […]