Indoor Electric Masters

Indoor flying at its best, that was the verdict from all that attended or took part in the British Model Flying Association (BMFA) Indoor Electric Masters that took place over the weekend of December the 5th and 6th at the Richard Dunn Sports Centre, Bradford.This superb venue will hosted to a full weekend of indoor flying where some of the worlds top pilots can be seen competing for trophies in the following classes, F3P (3 classes) Aeromusical, Synchro Pair, Freestyle, One model Pylon Racing and the Katie Anne Whitehead Memorial Trophy.

Top pilots from England, Scotland and Northern Ireland were joined by pilots from many other countries including Poland, Holland, France, Sweden, Lithuania and Canada bringing the number of participantsto 33 and making the event a truly international affair.

Horizon Hobby were just one of the many sponsors that were pleased to support this fantastic event and throughout the two days some of the best indoor flying to be seen anywhere in the world took place, and lets face it there is nothing quite like a competition to bring out the best in participating pilots!

The weekends flying was broken down into different classes, each with increased complexity:
The F3P event has 5 classes.
F3P-A Schedule which has 13 manouvers
F3P-B Schedule has 11 manouvers
F3P-C Schedule has 9 manouvers

Freestyle has a time limit of 2 ½ minutes on Saturday and 3 minutes on Sunday
Aeromusical pilots have 2 minutes to perform their very best freestyle routine in harmony with the audio track.

Flying started on Saturday at 10am with the first round of the F3P-C and finished approx 5.30pm, there was a lunch time break were general flying took place
Horizon Hobby flew some models during this time from the Parkzone family, namely the Micro J-3 Cub, P-51 Mustang and the Micro 4-Site.

At the end of Saturday there was a much welcomed Buffet put on for all pilots, helpers and organisers held the sports hall.

Sunday saw the start of the Aeromusical rounds along with the pylon racing that was a new event for 2009 a simple format pylon race designed to get the pilots and spectators alike thrilled!

The official racer chosen for the event was a version of the Gee Bee racer that was a downloadable plan from which the pilots

built their models, however strict rules were in place to ensure that everyone had a fair chance of winning based solely on their flying ability.

Sunday lunch break followed the same pattern as Saturday with general flying and Horizon joined in once again and let one of the top F3P pilots put the Micro 4-Site through its paces, truly spectacular!

Flying finished around 5pm followed by the announcement of the results and the presentation of trophies to the winners in each class.