FAI Free Flight World Cup 2017

1. Karsten Kongstad DEN (Chairman)

2. Dag Edvard Larsen NOR

3. Peter Buchwald DEN

Advance information

FAI Calendar, Invitation on homepage or send on request

Schedule of competition

1. round 11:00 – 12:30, 2. round 12:30 – 13:45, 3. Round 13:45-15:00,
4. round 15:00 – 16:15, 5. round 16:15 – 17:30
Fly-off F1A: 20:15 - 20:25, F1B 19:50 – 20:00, F1Q: 19:30 – 19:40

Duration of rounds

Round 1 to 5: 1:30 / 1:15

Breaks between rounds

Round 1 to 5: No breaks between rounds

Maximum durations in each round

Round 1, 4 & 5: 150 sec., round 2 & 3: 120 sec.
Fly off: 600 sec.

Interruptions and delays

None

Weather and visibility

Good weather conditions throughout the competition: Partly sunny, good visibility, 18 - 23 degree C. A few drops of rain during round 3-4.
Round 1 to 5 : 2 - 4 m/s wind from south (shortest distance on field 8-900 m.)
Fly-off : 2 - 4 m/s wind from south- east

Flight line - changes of position

Each competitor selected a location on the flight line and flew the contest from this position.
No change of position.

Number of starting poles

Starting-line with free positioning

Number of competitors per pole

Not required.

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

Competitors were timing each other (1-2 timekeepers). Timing check was randomly performed on the starting line by the contest organisation.

Observations on timekeeping

Random check of timekeeping from organisation-members.
Generally no problems and good visibility.
During a lack of qualified timekeepers for fly-off in F1A the organizer accepted the use of only 1 timekeeper per competitor. This might have caused the incident reported below.

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

Results continuously updated on scoreboard at starting line.
Price giving at 21:30 after fly-off.
Complete Result list send to all competitors on e-mail 07.06.17.

Any incident or accident

The timekeeper for Steffen Jensen in the fly-off in F1A might/must have observed a wrong model, since later view on the flights altimeter result shoved a flight around 420 sek., and the model landed 4-500 meter further out than the winner.

Protests

0 (none)