BMFA Free Flight Scale Nats 2024

The annual BMFA Free Flight Scale Nationals at Buckminster.

The competition has a static element in which the models are judged for scale accuracy against documentary evidence. The flying part consisted of 6 rounds where the models are judged for flying realism by two judges the best scoring flight counts and the two scores added together

Models featured

I/C powered
Andrew Hewitt's 1913 Dyott monoplane
Mike Smith's DH4 Mail Plane (Class Winner)

Rubber Powered
Pete Fardell's Morane Saulnier TP
Mike Smith's RANS S7 Courier
Martin Pike's ABC Robin (Class Winner)

Unfortunately I couldn't make it this year so huge thanks to Phil Smith for filming the event