F4H Sport Scale FAI Class
 It's official - F4H Sport Scale class in FAI has been passed as an official rulebook event beginning on 01/01/2014. The class that was proposed by the USA in 2008 and passed has made the status as a World Championship class as well.
Now there are two official RC FAI Scale classes at World Championships the more rigid F4C class and the much simplier F4H sport scale class, which has become very popular in Europe.
Also there is a proposal for the 2014 F4 Scale World Championships to be held in France, the bid has been submitted to the CIAM.
2012 FAI Plenary Agenda
March 2012 - forwarded to us by Stan Alexander
Click on the links to download a .pdf version of these documents.
2012 FAI Scale WC Bulletin #1
May 9, 2011 - forwarded to us by Stan Alexander
The 2012 F4 W.C. is closer, so I contact you to indicate that if your country is interested to send some team to the 2012 W.C. in Spain or to the Limited International competitions in F4H/G that the Spanish organizer is planning to have in the same time and place, this is the right time to try to book the hotels rooms at the championship area.
The championship will be run in one of the most important touristic area in the north of Spain, by this reason book the hotels rooms as soon as possible is the only way to get a low price in the hotels, so the organizer recommend you to contact whit the link involved in the reservations (www.caiviajes.es/accommodationandmeals) to book the hotels rooms, if you prefer the camping, the organizer is planning to have a camping area close to the airfield.
In this link you can find the form to make the book, as you can see, it will be done by the NAC or the Aeromodeling Federation from your country, and back to the same web page. It is the best way to book and needn’t to pay money at the moment, but as soon as your NAC have the competitors names and the real number of rooms, please confirm the names, number of rooms, meals, nights banquet, etc and make the official reservation to liberate the rooms that we needn’t, it will be booked by other peoples.
Please spread this information to your NAC, Team Manager and friends in your country and in the neighbors countries.
This is the link and e-mail to contact the company involved in You can also use this others e-mail:
jcivera@scale-wc2012.es and aragon@scale-wc2012.es
To download Bulletin #1, please click here (.pdf file)
To download the preliminary entry form, please click here (.pdf file)
2012 FAI Scale World Championships News
The official website for the 2012 FAI Scale World Championsihps is up and running. There is a good deal of information about the area and a limited amount of information about the site itself, officials etc.
For the first time we expect at the first of the month (April) for bulletin -0- to come out. This is one of the earliest releases for a Scale WC we've ever seen, and we view this as a positive.
Our team selection hosted by FAI Team Selection Chairman Jack Buckley, will be held within the AMA Scale Nationals July 1st, 2nd, 3rd this year for class F4C. There are several other classes listed but they are not WC classes only regional events. For more information about the Team Qualifer contact Jack here.
For more information and updates click on the following link and look up the subscription box add your name and e-mail address and you should receive updates automatically.
The official website is here.
Please feel free to distritute this information as much as possible.
Stan Alexander
What is the CIAM?
Click to find out what the CIAM is and what it stands for.
FAI Sporting Code
Click here to have access to the FAI Sporting code.
Synopsis of FAI Class F4 Scale
The FAI/CIAM Scale classes involves the art of illusion, that is to create and build a model of a full size aircraft and to fly this model in a manner that to the best of the modellers ability illustrates the way the full size aircraft flew. This require research int the history of the original, craftsmanship in both technical drawings and in building the model and further precision in controlling the model while going through the manoeuvres typically for the full size aircraft.
The size of the scale model varies a great deal, the main governing rule is that of the maximum allowed weight, and at present this weight limit is 15 Kg for radio-controlled models and 6 Kg (7kg for multi-engined) on line-controlled models .
The Scale competition is composed of two parts, the first part is the Judging of the quality of the model’s outline or look-alike compared with the full size aircraft, and also the craftsmanship in the building and finishing of the model. The model is scrutinised by a panel of three judges, giving scores from 0 to 10. Each competitor has to declare any parts of the model he have bought ready made and the judges will adjust their score accordingly.
The second part of the competition is of course the flying of the model. The flying is done in three rounds. In international competition today we have mainly two different classes for flying, one is where the pilot is controlling the model by two or more wires from a handle to the model and the model flies around him in a circle and we call this class Control-Line Scale. The Pilot controls the altitude, attitude and engine through his handle. The other scale class controls the model through a remote radio control system and these models have the same control and manoeuvrability as the full size aircraft.
Both classes have to fly a certain set of compulsory manoeuvres and a set of manoeuvres of their own choice. This is done in front of five judges and the aim is to present the model behaving as close to the full size aircraft as possible.
The final placing in the competition are determined by a combination of the building and flying skills, that is the sum of the static score and the average of the two best flying rounds are added to make the final score. |
AMA "FAI White Book" available as a .pdf
Online now is what refer to as the AMA's "White Book". This 24 page booklet covers the AMA's procedures governing the sponsorship of FAI Teams.
- Criteria for Establishing/Sponsoring/Funding FAI teams
- AMA responsibilities
- Team Selection Contest details
- Team Funding
- World Championship Team responsibilities
- etc.
Click here to download.
2008 Scale FAI Championship Results.
This just in! We have the results for the 2008 World Scale Championships, plus a few photos as well.
Individual results in F4B class
Team results in F4B class
Individual results in F4C class
Team results in F4C class
Several photo galleries of the 2008 World Champs: Click here
2007 USA FAI F4B gallery online!
Online now is a new photo gallery taken during this year's 2007 USA FAI F4B Championsips in Muncie, Indiana. Clicking the link below will bring up the gallery in a new window.
Mark Lanterman photos
2006 World Championships galleries online!
Online now are new photo galleries taken during this year's 2006 World Championships in Sweden. Clicking the links below will bring up the gallery in a new window.
Stan Alexander photos
Dale Campbell photos
Petter Jensen photos |
