Come and join us at Buckminster for a celebration of the wonderful sport of Fun Fly Competition. Bring along any model from the early days of club competitions, through to the early 80's when Fun Fly became a Nationals event, or right up to date with one of the modern, exciting, ever evolving Fun Fly […]
Spectators welcome
Short Court Racing Summer League 1 E2K & C32
Run by Gordon Price.
General Fly in for all types of model aircraft up to 25kg (excl Turbines), helicopters and drones. Hosted by the Achievement Scheme Review Committee. Examiners & instructors available for coaching and Achievement Scheme Testing. Camping available, for camping enquiries email manny@bmfa.org Flying £10, non flyers free. This event is subject to cancellation if the weather is […]
F2B event
F2C and F2CN racing Reserve Date
36" High Start Glider and Vintage 20" as per rules on sam35.org.uk together with E20 as per rules on peterboroughmfc.org. Run as part of the SAM35 Spring Gala at BMFA Buckminster.
BMFA Buckminster Swapmeet in conjunction with SAM 35 events. Over 60 indoor tables and outdoor space available. Including an Aviation book, magazine & art sale.
Vintage Control Line Aerobatics competition
Peterborough MFC Control Line Stunt Racing as per rules at peterboroughmfc.org. Held at three Sam35 events and two Modelair events at Old Warden. UK and Worldwide postal entries also acceptable. Trophies and prizes for 3 fastest times over the whole season. Also includes Voetsak and Phantom 75 racing events.
At the Spring Gala there are all types of flying and tethered cars, as well as lots of opportunity for sports flying and. On the Sundays, there is a well-attended swapmeet.
Control Line Combat Event, Vintage Combat round 1 of the 2024 League
Combat training run by Gordon Price. F2d or F2e equipment
F3L & F5L glider competition CD Martyn Kinder Run to FAI rules (slots)
BMFA F3K League Competition. Full details will be published on the BARCS site (see link below) around 2 weeks prior to the event. Please ensure you visit the BARCS forum for event confirmation before travelling (weather call etc).
FxRES glider competition, both bungee launch F3L and electric power launch F5L classes. CD Richard Newsham Flown to challenge rules (best 6 flights from 10)
With the weather forecast looking less than ideal, please ensure you check the thread here for the final call before travelling: https://www.barcs.co.uk/forums/topic/12621-come-try-dlg-f3k-event-2024/ If you own a DLG or are thinking of buying/building one then join us at Buckminster for tips, info and training. Topics for the day are not fixed and may vary depending on […]
If you wish to enter the Stand Off scale class in Sunday/Midweek scale events you will need to have your model pre-judged for static at this event. You can attend either day. Please note that if you do not have your model statically judged you will still be able to enter in the Flying Only […]
