FAI Free Flight World Cup 2017
| Competition | 2017 North American Cup for FAI Free Flight - Feb 15th, 2017 Lost Hills CA |
| FAI Jury members | 1. Henning Nyhegn, DEN 2. Phil Mitchell, AUS 3. Walt Ghio, USA |
Advance information | Listed on the SCAT web page and Facebook (FreeFlight group) |
Schedule of competition | Listed on the SCAT web page |
Duration of rounds | One hour |
Breaks between rounds | No break between rounds |
Maximum durations in each round | First round for F1A,B,C 240 seconds and 180 seconds for F1Q. For the next 3 rounds flight time was 180 seconds. The 5th round was 240 seconds. 5 rounds were flown. |
Interruptions and delays | No interruptions or delays |
Weather and visibility | Excellent weather conditions for February. 1 to 3 m/s wind and temperature of 25C. Flyoff weather was excellent with 2-3 m/s wind and excellent visibility. |
Flight line - changes of position | Each competitor selected a location on the flight line and flew the contest from this position. |
Number of starting poles | No starting poles |
Number of competitors per pole | Not required. |
Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code | Deviations from the Sporting Code were: the lack of stating poles. 5 rounds were used rather than 7 (see above). Flyoff was 8 minute max for F1A followed by 10 minute maximum. F1B and F1C had a single flyoff of 10 minutes. A team competition was provided for each event except F1Q. |
Observations on timekeeping | No issues with timekeeping |
Prize-giving and issue of results - confirm organisers provide results with full names, nationalities and number of juniors | Full results provided. Electronic results published on SCAT electronic web page and on Facebook Free Flight Group. |
Any incident or accident | Frederic Aberlenc (FRA) had an issue with his timekeeper in the 8 minute flyoff losing sight of his model in the sun while very high. A subsequent check of his altimeter and the distance that the model had travelled suggested that a max should be awarded. |
Protests | No protests |