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Why the Czech Raketomodelářský Klub Krupka (RMK) has so many European and World Champions – including in the junior class, by Hans Langenhagen.

The club is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2022 and members can look back on a successful half century of rocket model sports. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia separated into two countries, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. Factories closed and people had to reorientate themselves in a labour market that was only slowly re-emerging. Many clubs did not survive this process.

Those engaging in sports such as hiking, climbing or sailing on their own – i.e. not competitively, are hardly likely to join a sporting organisation. For competitive sports, however, important principles such as equal opportunities, in other words a "level playing field", apply. These principles are implemented through what we call rules, laid down in sets of rules or regulations.

When “Grandpa Flieger” had his grandchildren to visit, he wasn’t sure how best to entertain them. But as a model pilot and educator, an idea sprang to mind: tinkering with beginner model aircraft, to grasp the basics of aviation!

Swiss aeromodeller Andreas Lüthi took a gold medal at the 2022 FAI F4 World Championships For Scale Model Aircraft in Norway with his Bücker Jungmann 1.131E in the F4C category. In this interview he reveals his journey in aeromodelling and shares his thoughts on attracting the next generation to the sport.

Australian aeromodellers David and Melissa Law recently competed in the 2022 FAI F4 Scale World Championships, held in Jarlsberg Airsport Centre, Norway. In the F4H Radio controlled standoff, Melissa gained a gold medal with her Super Decathlon. David, in the F4C Radio controlled scale class gained silver with his Pitts Special.

This August, the FAI F2 World Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft took place in Włocławek, Poland, with A, B, C and D categories in both Junior and Senior, with Female contests in B, C and D. Between 23-56 pilots competed in each category.

Probably the most popular way to fly a model aeroplane!

The variety of model gliders is almost infinite. There are no less than 12 FAI competition classes alone, including radio- controlled and uncontrolled, with or without motor, and with wing spans of approximately 1 m to 4 m (up to 10 m outside the FAI categories).