A revised list of the current Aeromodelling classes, including Space Modelling, appears here.

From the 1st of January 2009 it will be mandatory that an engine shut-off be used in F2D. In the event of a fly-away the shut-off must activate and stop the engine. Failure to do so will result in disqualification.

The shut-off can either be armed by the mechanics prior to launch or by automatic arming of the shut-off on take off. When the model is prepared the shut-off may also be armed.

A damaged shut-off on a landed or crashed model (for instance as a result of a mid-air collision) must be repaired or replaced before the model is launched again.

Both mechanical and electronic shut-offs will be allowed, providing they do activate and shut down the engine in a fly-away. The fly-away activation can be of any type, mechanical or electronic.

The shut-off rules are intentionally of a basic nature to allow the development of good working systems but it should be noted that flagrant breach of the rules or "ungentlemanly conduct" will result in disqualification.

8th of December 2008

Bengt-Olof Samuelsson
C/L Subcommittee Chairman

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Wakefield CupThe first competition for the oldest trophy in international aeromodelling, the Wakefield Cup, was held on September 29 1928. September 2008 thus marks the 80th anniversary of this trophy for free flight rubber powered aircraft, which is now awarded at World Championships for category F1B.
A full history of the Wakefield Cup, starting with the first Cup donated by Lord Wakefield in 1911, was written by Charles Dennis Rushing and has been made available in electronic form in the free flight section of this web site
http://www.fai.org/aeromodelling/freeflight/wakefield

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Since the revised set of rules for the F2B category was set in force in 2006, a level of acceptance and reliability has been reached. A period of calm and stability is now of great importance for competitors and organisers.

While current practices in this area have served us well in the past, further efforts must be undertaken to ensure that the future implementation of both judging and scoring complies with the precepts of equality, fairness and accuracy with respect to both the individual competitor, from competitor to competitor within a given competition and to the human factors governing the physical act of judging.

In order to provide the F2B community with improved tools for all aspects of judging and scoring, the F2B Working Group has now formed a committee of experts to examine Judging and Scoring as a holistic entity with recommendations being vetted for compliance with the precepts stated above.

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Click here to download the overall 2008 Space Modelling World Cup results and rankings for the first 19 events held so far this year.