FAI Free Flight World Cup 2019

1. MICHAEL JECKEL GER - President

2. ARDO PARNA EST - member

3. DIMKO SPIRKOSKI MKD - member

Advance information

Published well in advance on the CIAM web site and web site www.prilepcup.info, and personal communication with competitors

Schedule of competition

Seven rounds from 7.00 to 14.00; one fly off for F1A and one - F1B. First fly off for F-1-A was held in 18.45. Due to strong wind the fly off for the F1B was postponed to the next day. It was held at 6.00 AM

Duration of rounds

All round were 1 hour

Breaks between rounds

No break.

Maximum durations in each round

For F-1-A ,F-1-B, F-1-C, first and second round - 240 sec, another rounds - 180 sec. F-1-H - all round 120 sec
Fly Off for F1A was 8 min and for F1B was 10 min.

Interruptions and delays

There were no interruptions and delays.

Weather and visibility

On both days sunny and very nice weather with wind of low intensity. Wind: 0 to 1 m/s. 27.07. Fly Off for F1A: 0-1 m/s. 28.07. Fly Off for F1B: 5-8 m/s. 29.07. Fly Off for F1B: 0 m/s. Temperature 18-34 0C.

Flight line - changes of position

Only for F1A, the starting positions have changed.

Number of starting poles

F-1-A - 16 starting poles.
F-1-B - 8 starting poles.
F-1-C - 2 starting poles.
F-1-Q - 1 starting poles.
F-1-H - 4 starting poles

Number of competitors per pole

3-4 sportsmen per pole

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

No

Observations on timekeeping

Two timekeepers per each pole and three in fly off. Binoculars for everyone. Very nice observation.

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

Award ceremony was held at the airfield on 28 July after the end of the competition. For F1B category trophies give after fly off next day. Results were published with full names, nationalities with indication of juniors. After each round results displayed on info-board and after end of the competition on the web page www.prilepcup.info.

Any incident or accident

There was no incident

Protests

There were no protests