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    The BARCS “Open” class rules were first published in the 1970s and have driven the standard for thermal soaring models on a world wide basis. Other than the restrictions on maximum wing area and weight (as set by the FAI rule book), anything goes as a model  definition. These rules formed the basis of the UK led submissions to the FAI in the mid 1990s which then adopted them to create a formal thermal duration class of gliders – a class known as F3J.  In their adoption by the international community some differences were introduced between Open and F3J. For instance the landing bonus was increased to 100 points (only up to 50 in Open) to add to the flight time score (in seconds) so placing a much greater premium on a precision landing. Additionally (relative to Open), re-launches are allowed – the last flight to count and re-flights can be allowed at the CD’s discretion due to events such as mid air collisions

    F3J Pilots leave the field after flight

    Flying rules for F3J are quite straight-forward and require as much flight time as possible in a ten minute “slot” period ending with a precision landing.  The gliders are flown in groups (usually of between six and ten models at a time) so as to neutralise the effect of any one slot having nothing but “poor air” so resulting in nothing but low flight times for that slot.  

    The model should be landed close to a marked target spot to get landing bonus points.  In competitions, launching is generally accomplished in UK events with a power winch but hand towing (150 metre line) is a requirement for international status events and two persons are allowed to tow.  These two tow men generally use a pulley and stake and, by so doing, even more power can be injected into the model than from a power winch giving rise to quite spectacular launches.  

    Because the flyer’s believe that some of the group who will find thermal air to allow for a ten minute flight (and they can re-launch if they choose anyway), flyer’s will launch simultaneously at the start of the slot time; this gives a quite spectacular start to the slot and the landings, if multiple models fly out the ten minutes can be equally exciting.

    As these rule differences are all quite minor the design requirements for the most competitive models for top level Open and F3J events are identical.

    Almost without exception, all serious F3J flyers will now use moulded (from factory produced numerically controlled female moulds) or equivalent composite construction models to get the soaring efficiency required whilst also being able to handle the high speed/high stress tow with the consequent height gain from the line. In local competitions where there are generally less experienced flyers participating, the original Open version of these rules may be used however the major two day contests (like the BMFA Nationals) will use the F3J rules.

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  • Archive of F3J League Results

  • 2016 BMFA F3J Team Selection League

     Round 1Round 2Round 3 Round 4Round 5Round 6Eurotour 
    PosPilotSouth Mids 01 05 2016Radioglide 30 05 2016F3Jglide 26 06 2016BMFA Nationals 28 08 2016Edgecot 11 09 2016Twywell 25 09 2016Slovenia Cup 30 07 2016Total
    1Neil Jones 103101.5102.0098.98 88.91405.48
    2Peter Allen96.2659.82101.8194.6595.67102.0093.54395.74
    3Mark De Vall 89.6591.97102.11101.0038.2084.63384.73
    4Ozzie Osbourne101.0083.3693.7785.0997.36  377.22
    5Ian Duff89.5385.2092.4194.94100.0878.65 376.96
    6Colin Paddon83.4489.8099.7895.16   368.18
    7Bob Dickinson 80.6995.8595.1289.9664.18 361.62
    8Al Lipscombe95.5848.9983.0274.1776.2287.18 342.00
    9Chas Dunster67.7670.34 99.5463.0263.2792.75330.39
    10Colin Boorman81.2179.2295.3872.71   328.52
    11Mike Raybone96.6353.52 76.0791.97  318.19
    12Dave East80.0266.1180.85 85.67  312.65
    13John Shenstone 70.8680.2680.97 64.97 297.06
    14Graham Wicks83.51 98.7599.27   281.53
    15Kevin Beale84.0491.1492.24   95.06267.42
    16Alex Sykes  61.2869.0578.37  208.70
    17Gary Binnie82.6274.40     157.02
    18Graham James 71.21  70.33  141.54
    19Cengiz Philcox 88.22     88.22
    20Alan Morton     86.11 86.11
    21Neville Warby     81.38 81.38
    22Tom Satinet    75.99  75.99
    23Simon Haley      60.9560.95
    24John Hulett     49.81 49.81
    25Robin Sleight 13.23     13.23

    2015 BMFA F3J Team Selection League

     Round 1Round 2Round 3 Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Eurotour 
    PosPilotSouth MidsRadioglideWetlands Re RunInterglideRetfordBMFA NationalsEdgecottBulgariaTotal
    1Peter Allen95.37101.0598.397.5998.2510390.4292.42399.94
    2Mark DeVall92.4991.3389.1089.44101.00100.27102.85 393.56
    3Neil Jones102.71100.50101.5082.72 94.45102.00 388.93
    4Kevin Beale88.588.97 87.56 92.46101.0698.44379.52
    5Graham Wicks97.6790.05 86.17  96.3888.77370.27
    6Ozzie Osbourne10190.61 74.0676.3895.0193.25 363.32
    7Colin Boorman90.4782.61 89.08 92.9479.14 355.10
    8Cengiz Philcox 98.2194.1078.82 82.50  353.63
    9Colin Paddon85.44102.94 60.03 100.5374.9489.98353.48
    10Ian Duff91.2281.3097.6056.97100.6280.6297.86 353.05
    11Chas Dunster94.4694.64 52.8595.1293.3096.36 338.97
    12Bob Dickenson74.7963.9071.3067.9285.42 80.83 308.96
    13Dave East99.5591.74  100.67100.05  300.27
    14John Shenstone 73.5660.3051.6863.3776.62  265.23
    15Mike Raybone91.7586.55  75.8082.24  260.54
    16Al Lipscombe90.0475.5459.50  85.3484.63 260.01
    17Kevin Dart90.1676.93 68.52    235.61
    18Neville Warby 68.2163.30   86.84 218.35
    19Gary Binnie79.5889.78      169.36
    20Andre Borowski87.5370.31      157.84
    21Robin Sleight 73.3   30.4  103.71
    22Alex Sykes   24.672.6   97.16
    23Simon Viatkevicius  79.80     79.80
    24Graham James 75.40      75.40
    25William Watson  71.10     71.10
    26Graham Gilliat  69.20     69.20
    27Brian Johnson   62.81    62.81
    28Ken Goddard 56.17      56.17

    2014 BMFA F3J Team Selection League

    PosPilotRadioglide Rd1Interglide Rd2BMFA Nats Rd3Bulgaria (Eurotour)Hollandglide (Eurotour)Total
    1Graham Wicks92.6898.5198.4788.1086.78289.66
    2Colin Paddon95.3887.32100.0086.90 282.70
    3Peter Allen94.6092.3595.03 89.07281.98
    4Kevin Beale92.4587.6098.1875.92 278.23
    5Mark DeVall87.2291.3198.78  277.31
    6Chris Glover93.9196.7984.62  275.32
    7Ian Duff85.7184.6196.91  267.23
    8Colin Boorman98.2269.2293.21  260.65
    9Ozzie Osbourne90.4981.8684.63  256.98
    10Dave East100.0073.5579.23  252.78
    11Andre Borowski85.1975.0389.71 61.16249.93
    12Chas Dunster71.3279.1689.16 77.60245.92
    13Gary Binnie85.9975.5569.67  231.21
    14Mike Raybone71.3375.2478.80  225.37
    15John Shenstone72.5280.3561.39  214.26
    16Neil Jones99.0891.72   190.80
    17Brian Johnson89.8999.00   188.89
    18Austin Guerrier 92.11 93.0089.64185.11
    19Cengiz Philcox86.88 86.64  173.52
    20Graham James63.94 86.04  149.98
    21Bob Dickenson80.7964.98   145.77
    22Kevin Dart99.6739.75   139.42
    23Al Lipscombe52.68 69.08  121.76
    24Jon Stanswood80.09    80.09

    2013 BMFA F3J Team Selection League

    PosPilotRound 1 RadioglideRound 2 InterglideRound 3 BMFA NatsTotal
    1Peter Allen102.73100.69101.35204.08
    2Ian Duff101.9090.59101.50203.40
    3Colin Paddon98.7898.5498.18197.32
    4Chris Glover96.9391.2299.38196.31
    5Kevin Beale98.7387.9494.50193.23
    6Colin Boorman102.0090.2787.31192.27
    7Bob Dickinson100.5284.3787.35187.87
    8Graham Wicks95.84 91.07186.91
    9Neil Jones96.5489.34 185.88
    10Mike Raybone87.8489.3694.64184.00
    11Dave East93.6579.2490.08183.73
    12Ozzie Osborne85.1683.1597.09182.25
    13Mark DeVall95.14 84.65179.79
    14Cengiz Philcox97.4578.66 176.11
    15Gary Binnie71.3087.9687.07175.03
    16Al Lipscombe97.93 75.35173.28
    17Graham James73.60 81.17154.77
    18Neville Warby70.80 75.81146.61
    19Chas Dunster94.3744.85 139.22
    20John Shenstone63.8166.0066.18132.18
    21Kevin Dart 88.53 88.53
    22Jonathon Wells  88.288.17
    23Brian Johnson 85.21 85.21
    24Alex Sykes 70.89 70.89
    25Jon Stanswood 70.57 70.57

    2012 BMFA F3J Team Selection League

    PosPilotNorthern Round 1Bulgaria EurotourTurkey Soarist CupSouthern Round 2Osijek EurotourRadioglide National EventEuroglide BelgiumInterglide National EventBMFA NATS National EventHollandglideSouthern Round 9Southern ReserveTotal*
    1Graham Wicks 69.70 100.06 102.0088.8982.47100.5092.46100.7597.43403.31
    2Kevin Dart 80.74 102.00 92.9592.8199.19100.11 89.4199.90401.20
    3Colin Paddon 78.64 98.22 102.6667.57102.0093.2595.9978.55 398.87
    4Ian Duff   96.59 90.13 82.70102.44 75.15103.00392.16
    5Chris Glover   82.40 98.29 96.75  103.0089.27387.31
    6Bob Dickenson101.33 92.59  87.96 69.9692.35 96.1069.12382.37
    7Colin Boorman   78.51 72.3861.9899.1497.4790.6075.8391.39378.60
    8Ozzie Osbourne   90.73 95.33 94.68  93.7689.34374.50
    9Brian Johnson99.73 87.72    78.7493.97 91.33 372.75
    10Peter Allen   79.99 96.8276.65100.08101.53 85.2976.24366.89
    11Austin Guerrier 69.3676.8592.1599.2991.29 66.99  71.4455.20354.17
    12Mark Devall   84.52 95.89 79.5775.16 91.9883.24351.96
    13Dave East   92.45 92.98 93.5793.89 70.6074.49350.51
    14Kevin Beale   78.07 92.7779.7387.6888.8585.2279.47 346.31
    15Gary Binnie   68.57 89.63 74.1188.02 73.0188.16338.82
    16Graham James   74.32 85.15  91.11 62.8060.26313.38
    17Cengiz Philcox   73.49 77.05 88.4287.09 55.57 304.57
    18Al Lipscombe   60.44 67.31 80.1887.03 71.2565.59304.05
    19Jon Stanswood101.00 88.85    78.4088.51   278.36
    20Simon Jackson        75.25 84.2696.08255.59
    21Neville Warby     79.78 61.2979.51  82.80242.09
    22Steve Haley        100.05 92.02 192.07
    23Simon Haley        93.05 80.65 173.70
    24Andre Borowski   79.86 79.60      159.46
    25Bill Haley        75.59 43.48 119.07
    26Ken Goddard     59.70     45.13104.83
    27Jonothan Wells        98.36   98.36
    28Rick Lloyd96.72           96.72
    29Neil Jones     89.91      89.91
    30Andy Lewis86.57           86.57
    31Sydney Lenssen   75.96        75.96
    32Terry Pelling     73.83      73.83
    33Gordon Ballantine73.24           73.24
    34Robin Sleight     68.65      68.65
    35George Wells68.45           68.45
    36Mick Thorpe     66.02      66.02
    37Tom Satinet     58.08      58.08
    38Cliff Hannam     53.39      53.39
    39Ian Stewart53.31           53.31
    40Tom Preston51.94           51.94
    41Peter Shirlicker42.41           42.41
    42Alex Forest40.60           40.60
    43Craig Mason36.81           36.81
    44Clive Needham          33.08 33.08
    45Bob Owston   18.57        18.57
    46Ian Coutts6.79           6.79
    47Tom Wilson2.87           2.87
    48Mike McCracken2.10           2.10

    2011 BMFA F3J Team Selection League

    PosPilotNorthern 1BracknellBulgaria EurotourInterglideRadioglide Re-RunBelgium EurotourFinish EurotourUptonHolland GlideBritish NatsTwywellItalyNorthern ReserveBest EurotourTotal
    1Neil Jones 91.07 97.97102.08 97.4280.12 94.77100.71  97.42398.18
    2Austin Guerrier 67.8966.1391.1099.8398.23 101.8085.30 95.88  98.23390.96
    3Peter Allen 97.09 88.3097.6979.86 95.72  102.00  79.86385.08
    4Colin Paddon 73.5599.1590.4289.1379.24 103.00  69.21  99.15381.70
    5Jon Stanswood100.3772.79 86.1178.20  89.23 90.05  103.00 379.53
    6Ozzie Osbourne 86.52 97.7599.4584.66 78.78  90.39  84.66374.11
    7Mark Devall 66.83 87.3596.65  88.41 69.92100.50   372.91
    8Chris Glover 102.0069.0783.9186.74  98.5578.10 87.04  78.10371.20
    9Brian Johnson101.0078.02 76.7589.45    58.54 92.1983.0092.19365.64
    10Ian Duff   79.4395.3777.84 84.98  101.74  77.84361.52
    11Mike Raybone 91.16 88.80   93.4984.3071.8785.95  84.30357.75
    12Bob Dickenson93.8847.66 72.1687.65     75.56 102.00 355.69
    13Kevin Beale 84.9578.5276.6992.4778.54 86.91  93.83  78.54351.75
    14David East 72.82 64.2996.89  92.57 65.2295.65   350.33
    15George Wells86.24  76.55     57.34  100.97 321.10
    16Chas Dunster   64.687.4582.66 84.11     82.66318.82
    17Kevin Dart 83.0294.18 101.50     94.20   289.88
    18Al Lipscombe   67.3169.91  82.52 62.59    282.33
    19Gordon Ballantine96.20        84.80  86.40 267.40
    20Nick Kidd 90.5777.7172.8695.81        77.71259.24
    21Graham Wicks 55.0093.0381.65 88.18 75.02  79.83  93.03254.51
    22Colin Boorman 50.41 79.42 88.05 79.72     88.05247.19
    23Ken Goddard    74.58  72.71  76.27   223.56
    24Andy Lewis96.19           99.13 195.32
    25Rick Lloyd92.88        66.94  33.33 193.15
    26Graham James    91.94    78.37    170.31
    27Dougal McIntyre79.04           85.83 164.87
    28Craig Mason81.43           78.88 160.31
    29Ian Stewart76.23           83.80 160.03
    30Cengiz Philcox    75.12    81.92    157.04
    31Colin Lucas 79.16     74.09      153.25
    32Neville Warby   66.18      78.68   144.86
    33Robin Sleight    73.57    54.94    128.51
    34Andre Borowski    61.17  64.03      125.20
    35Tom Preston45.65           69.90 115.55
    36Alex Forrest52.53           51.20 103.73
    37Steve Haley         102.45    102.45
    38Simon Hayley         102    102.00
    39Jonathon Wells         98.72    98.72
    40Dave Hunter92.38             92.38
    41Ian Coutts89.83             89.83
    42Peter Sherliker            86.53 86.53
    43Ian Simpson86.36             86.36
    44Alan Morton          84.69   84.69
    45John Payne 79.97            79.97
    46Greg Hayfield 76.32            76.32
    47Andrew Weight 75.53            75.53
    48Bill Hayley         75.42    75.42
    49Colin Sparrow75.19             75.19
    50Richard Reed       69.76      69.76
    51Mark Weight 65.63            65.63
    52Clive Needham         63.77    63.77
    53Mike McCracken57.74             57.74
    54Sydney Lenssen       48.04      48.04

  • BARCS F3J League 2016 Final

    PosNamePointsCards
    1Neil Jones3964
    2Peter Allen390.16
    3Mark DeVall379.75
    4Ian Duff375.66
    5Ozzie Osbourne374.85
    6Colin Paddon363.74
    7Bob Dickenson361.75
    8Al Lipscombe340.56
    9Colin Boorman328.54
    10Mike Raybone315.24
    11David East312.64
    12Chas Dunster299.15
    13John Shenstone297.14
    14Graham Wicks279.63
    15Kevin Beale265.33
    16Alex Sykes208.73
    17Gary Binnie1572
    18Graham James141.52
    19Cengiz Philcox88.21
    20Alan Morton86.11
    21Neville Warby81.41
    22John Hulett49.81
    23Robin Sleight13.21

    BARCS F3J League 2015

    PosNamePointsCards
    1Neil Jones399.76
    2Mark DeVall391.77
    3Peter Allen3916
    4David East387.54
    5Ian Duff382.37
    6Chas Dunster3796
    7Ossy Osbourne378.85
    8Kevin Beale368.75
    9Graham Wicks368.44
    10Colin Paddon358.75
    11Colin Boorman355.15
    12Mike Raybone336.34
    13Al Lipscombe335.45
    14Bob Dickenson312.46
    15John Shenstone2745
    16Cengiz Philcox272.83
    17Kevin Dart235.63
    18Neville Warby218.43
    19Gary Binnie169.42
    20Andre Borowski157.82
    21Robin Sleight103.72
    22Alex Sykes97.22
    23Simon Vaitkevicius79.81
    24Graham James75.41
    25William Watson71.21
    26Graham Gilliatt69.31
    27Brian Johnson62.81
    28Ken Goddard56.21

    BARCS F3J League 2014

    PosNamePointsCards
    1Peter Allen381.94
    2Mark DeVall377.34
    3Colin Boorman360.44
    4David East344.24
    5Chas Dunster335.54
    6Mike Raybone323.14
    7Gary Binnie309.14
    8John Shenstone3024
    9Graham Wicks287.73
    10Colin Paddon282.73
    11Neil Jones279.13
    12Kevin Beale278.23
    13Christopher Glover274.33
    14Ian Duff269.43
    15Ozzie Osbourne2684
    16Bob Dickenson237.23
    17Brian Johnson188.42
    18Cengiz Philcox171.52
    19Al Lipscombe158.53
    20Graham James149.92
    21Kevin Dart139.42
    22Simon Thornton96.51
    23Martin Newnham95.91
    24Thomas Satinet92.21
    25Austin Guerrier92.11
    26Jon Stanswood80.11
    27Neville Warby73.61
    28Ken Goddard701

    BARCS F3J League 2013

    PosNamePointsCards
    1Ian Duff396.15
    2Peter Allen3956
    3Colin Boorman370.64
    4Colin Paddon369.84
    5Mike Raybone366.36
    6Bob Dickenson365.75
    7Christopher Glover364.94
    8Ozzie Osbourne363.74
    9Chas Dunster350.65
    10David East349.35
    11Mark DeVall341.34
    12Gary Binnie326.85
    13Kevin Beale281.13
    14Graham Wicks275.13
    15Al Lipscombe260.63
    16Neil Jones249.93
    17Neville Warby234.33
    18Graham James2163
    19John Shenstone210.93
    20Cengiz Philcox176.22
    21Brian Johnson169.72
    22Philip Hayward103.42
    23Kevin Newitt1001
    24Kevin Dart88.51
    25Alan Morton86.61
    26Thomas Satinet82.61
    27William Watson76.51
    28Alex Sykes70.91
    29Jon Stanswood70.61
    30Ken Goddard68.61
    31Jason Griffiths63.21

    BARCS F3J League 2012

    PosNamePointsCards
    1Graham Wicks397.27
    2Colin Paddon396.96
    3Christopher Glover392.16
    4Peter Allen385.47
    5Ian Duff383.16
    6Colin Boorman377.57
    7Bob Dickenson375.86
    8David East372.97
    9Ozzie Osbourne372.56
    10Brian Johnson360.74
    11Mark DeVall355.16
    12Kevin Beale348.95
    13Gary Binnie339.96
    14Austin Guerrier321.85
    15Graham James313.45
    16Neville Warby313.15
    17Al Lipscombe306.87
    18Ken Goddard186.33
    19Neil Jones1782
    20Andre Borowski159.52
    21Andy Lewis86.61
    22Chas Dunster85.41
    23Sydney Lenssen761
    24Terry Pelling73.81
    25Robin Sleight68.71
    26Mick Thorpe661
    27Thomas Satinet58.11
    28Cliff Hannam53.41
    29Bob Owston18.61



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