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It was agreed at the recent CIAM Plenary Meeting that the following amended rule in Volume F5 of the Sporting Code shall be effective from 1st July 2007 and will be in force at the 2007 F5B Continental Championship.
Mrs Jo Halman
CIAM Technical Secretary
5.5.4.1 Definition
d) Maximum number of battery packs to enter the contest: 1 pack for two rounds. A reflight is one round.
It was agreed at the recent CIAM Plenary Meeting to amend eight rules in Volume F3BJ of the Sporting Code, six dealing with safety infraction penalties and two dealing with organiser responsibility relating to winches which will be effective from 1st July 2007 and will be in force at the 2007 F3B World Championships.
Mrs Jo Halman
CIAM Technical Secretary
Click here to download the amended rules (PDF, 17 Kb)
Following the recent CIAM Plenary Meeting, there is a correction to the F3M rule containing the formula for calculating the permitted tolerance that appears in the 2007 edition of Volume F3A of the Sporting Code.
The corrected formula is:
5.L.1.3 d - General Characteristics of a large R/C Aerobatics Model
(D x s)*0.9 -0.5 <= d <= (D x s)*1.1 + 0.5
F3N – Annex 5F – F3N Freestyle (Provisional)
It was agreed at the recent CIAM Plenary Meeting that the new approved F3N Manoeuvre (2006) Schedule in Volume F3C of the Sporting Code, will be effective from the day that the official Plenary Meeting Minutes are published. The published Minutes may be downloaded from the link on the "Meetings" page.
Mrs Jo Halman
CIAM Technical Secretary
F3C – 5.4.11 Classification
It was agreed at the recent CIAM Plenary Meeting that the amended rule 5.4.11 Classification in Volume F3C of the Sporting Code will be used as a local rule at the 2007 F3C World Championships with formal implementation from 1st January 2008.
Click here to download the revised, amended rule (PDF, 20 Kb)
Mrs Jo Halman
CIAM Technical Secretary
A new rule in F2D (Control Line Combat) 4.4.5 “That an effective shut-off device will be compulsory” was agreed at the 2007 Plenary meeting. In contrast to the effective date of 1st January 2008 for the other F2 rules passed at that Plenary meeting, please note that the effective date of this F2D rule is 1st January 2009.
Mrs Jo Halman
CIAM Technical Secretary
The 2008 edition of the F3 Pylon Racing Volume of the Sporting Code is available for download from the CIAM Documents page of the FAI website. This document was published on 1st February. It contains advance notice of the rules regarding exhaust systems, manufacture & homologation thereof, effective from 1st January 2010. The advance notification contained in the 2008 edition is to allow manufacturers, competitors and the F3D Subcommittee sufficient time to prepare for the 2010 implementation date.
Mrs Jo Halman
CIAM Technical Secretary
2008 edition of the F1 Sporting Code.
An error has been identified in rules 3.J.5 & 3.P.5. The rules should read as follows:
3.J.5. b) The motor run exceeds 5 seconds from the release of the model.
3.P.5. b) The motor run exceeds 7 seconds from the release of the model.
These errors will be corrected in the 2009 edition of the Sporting Code.
Mrs Jo Halman
CIAM Technical Secretary
At the recent CIAM Plenary Meeting, the F3C Helicopter rule 5.4.11 Classification was entirely replaced. The new rule is shown in its entirety in the downloadable file. The date of implementation of this rule is 1st May 2008.
Mrs Jo Halman
CIAM Technical Secretary
The 2008 edition of the F5 Electric Volume of Section 4 of the FAI Sporting Code has been revised following rule amendments agreed at the recent CIAM Plenary Meeting.
The revised F5 Electric Volume has an implementation date of 14th April 2008 and is available for download from the CIAM Documents page of the FAI website.
Mrs Jo Halman
CIAM Technical Secretary
At the recent CIAM Plenary Meeting, the F6D rule 6.4.6 Organisation of Rounds was replaced. The new rule is shown in the downloadable file. The date of implementation is 15th April 2008.
Mrs Jo Halman
CIAM Technical Secretary
The F3 Helicopter Sub-committee has discovered that the current time limit of 10 minutes for Manoeuvre Schedule "C" is inadequate. (Annex D, F3C Manoeuvre Descriptions and Diagrams in the 2008 edition of the F3 Helicopter volume of the FAI Sporting Code.)
On the recommendation of the F3 Helicopter Sub-committee Chairman, the CIAM Bureau has agreed that a local rule to increase the time limit by one minute to 11 minutes for the completion of Manoeuvre Schedule C be applied at the 2008 Asia Oceanic and European Championships. It is also recommended that this local rule be applied at all other 2008 F3C competitions.
Mrs Jo Halman
CIAM Technical Secretary