FAI Free Flight World Cup 2008

1. Ossi KILPELAINEN Finland

2. F1A Anselmo ZERI Netherland / F1BCP Cenny BREEMAN Belgium

3. F1A Alain ROUX France / F1BCP Pierre CHAUSSEBOURG France

Advance information

Bulletins on web site, and via e-mail

Schedule of competition

1st round 07.30 to 09.00
2nd round 09.00 to 10.20
3rd round 10.20 to 11.40
4th round 11.40 to 13.00
5th round 14.30 to 15.45
6th round 15.45 to 17.00
7th round 17.00 to 18.15
1st Fly – off 19.15 to 19.25
2nd Fly- off 20.15 to 20.25
3rd Fly-Off 21.25 to 21.35

Duration of rounds

1h 30 for 1st round
F1A 1 h 20 for 2nd round and 1 h 10 for other rounds
F1BCP 1 h 20 for other rounds

Breaks between rounds

None except 1 h 30 for lunch after 4th round

Maximum durations in each round

3 minutes (too windy in first round, considering the retrieving to have a max at 4 minutes) 5 minutes in 1st Fly-off, 7 minutes in 2nd FO and 9 minutes in 3rd FO

Interruptions and delays

None

Weather and visibility

F1A Clear sky in the 1st round, with then cumulus and strong thermal, then after round 5, clear sky with coming cirrus and wind to 4 – 5 m/s. Visibility excellent all day, including Fly-off
F1BCP Windy and cloudy for the first round, then weather improving with more and more sun and cumulus and wind up to 4 – 5 m/s. Excellent visibility

Flight line - changes of position

None

Number of starting poles

9 in F1B and 4 in F1C –P ( 2 flyers in F1P)

Number of competitors per pole

F1A 4 to 5 (maximum)
F1BCP 5 but as several flyers decided not to fly because of the strong wind in the morning many poles had only 2 to 3 flyers

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

None

Observations on timekeeping

No incident and no complaint

Prize-giving and issue of results - confirm organisers provide results with full names, nationalities and number of juniors

Trophies for winners up to 5th place (included)
Trophies for the 3 first juniors
Trophies for the 3 first ladies
Results on score board and printed results given to all participants at the Prize giving, with full names, nationalities and juniors mentioned

Any incident or accident

None, except one reflight because of timekeepers mistake (timing a model to max and the flyer declared that he had not maxed, but no official time for him). This competitor made a max in the reflight !

Protests

None.
Some F1C flyers were not happy to see an F1P as a winner, classified with them, despite the new rule…! They argued that in California, F1P were not classed with F1C… We noted that the rule says “ F1P “MAY” be classed etc.. It should be “MUST” or SHALL”, in order to have the same procedure everywhere.