FxRES Comp- BMFA Buckminster 29th March 2024 - Called off

[Richard Newsham]

This event has been called off. Please see my post in the forum. 

 

This is a one day event at BMFA Buckminster on Friday 29th March 2024.  Richard Newsham will be CD on the day.  Scores for each competition will be entered in the 2024 FxRES National League.
 
Location:
BMFA Buckminster
Sewstern
Grantham
Lincolnshire
NG33 5RW
 
Format of each day:
10:45 pilots briefing
11:00 to 15:00 competition window
15:00 fly off(s), followed by prize ceremony
 
Entry fee is £15, (£10 to Buckminster and £5 for a prize fund)
 
FxRES is a 2m soaring class with models constructed mainly from wood. Competitions are a variant of the FAI F3L provisional class, that has a simplified format with a 4-hour window where competitors can fly up to 10 timed flights; best 6 flights count. This allows F3L and F5RES to compete alongside each other but have different score sheets. A competitor can fly F3L or F5RES or both.
Full set of rules is 7.24 in the BARCS Silent Flight rule book 2024 and also refer to section 7.2 (general rules). BMFA membership mandatory. F5RES height limiters set to 100m/30seconds, F3L bungees are provided.
 
Please look through the BMFA Buckminster flying rules on the BMFA Buckminster website under the Flying tab.
 
There are some informative posts on the "F3-RES and F5-RES - UK" Facebook group regarding where to find information. Posts 14th Feb 2024, 1st March 2024 and 17th March 2024.
 
It would help if competitors can express their interest by posting on this thread. Please follow / bookmark this post for updates.
 
Important -
Please monitor this post for updates as the event approaches. This is the media outlet for information regarding this event.

[Pete in Northiam]

I'll be there in F3

[Richard Newsham]

The weather call for the FxRES competition on Friday 29th March will be made around 18:00 on Wednesday 27th March.

Richard. 

[John Minchell]

Sadly the forecast does not look good for either day - can I ask that you (Richard Newsham and Martyn Kinder) keep in contact with each other?  As a number of people will travel a long distance and stay over in B&B etc., so cancelling one day will have an effect on the second of the two days competitions.

John M

[CTR]

Hope to be there if the weather is reasonable. Currently, Saturday looks the better one with less wind speed.

Neil P

[Richard Newsham]

I have called the Friday 29th March 2024 FxRES competition off due to high wind speeds reported by multiple weather websites.

I don't know if potential competitors were holding off for a weather call to make a final decision to attend or had made their own minds up not to participate due to the uncertainty of the weather, but with only a couple of people expressing interest in participating in the competition I'm not sure a competition would have been viable even if the weather had been okay. 
It is important to let the CD know, via the BARCS forum for the competition, if you are interested in participating in the competition. 

[John Minchell]

Thanks for the notification Richard.  I have updated the BMFA events calendar with the cancelled message.

John M

[Pete in Northiam]

25 minutes ago, Richard Newsham said:

It is important to let the CD know, via the BARCS forum for the competition, if you are interested in participating in the competition. 

Good call to cancel Friday. Saturday's forecast is better but still uncertain as of now.

And good point for all our contests more broadly. I wonder if we should open all this year's contests for entry - or at least expressions of interest - so we can all show out intentions?  I've already entered Radioglide. 

Weather, school holidays and other events intervene for all of us...

[CTR]

Shame but understandable. 
Could have been a test for the RES Raven high wind wing! Having said that, it’s not very sensible to try the latest version out at a comp!

Unfortunately won’t be there for the Saturday either

Neil P