FAI Free Flight World Cup 2019

1. Allard van Wallene (NED)

2. Vladislav Urban (CZE)

3. Ivan Bezak (SVK)/ Jan Vosejpka (CZE)

Advance information

FAI calendar, web-page, Facebook

Schedule of competition

Round 1: 7:00-8:00, Round 2: 8:15-9:15, Round 3: 9:30-10:30, Round 4: 10:45-11:45, Round 5:12:45-13:45
Fly-off: F1B, F1C: 18:00, F1A: 18:20

Duration of rounds

1 hour

Breaks between rounds

15 min

Maximum durations in each round

Round 1,2: 240s, Round 3: 180s, Round 4:120s, Round 5:180s

Interruptions and delays

between rounds 4 and 5 one hour for moving start positions

Weather and visibility

Cloudy, 10 – 24°C, good visibility, wind: round 1-3: 1-2 m/s, round 4-5: 4-7m/s, fly-off: 5m/s

Flight line - changes of position

F1A: +1 position, F1B, F1C: no

Number of starting poles

F1A: 8, F1B: 3, F1C: 1

Number of competitors per pole

to 5

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

Timekeeping by competitors

Observations on timekeeping

Random check of timekeeping

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

Results continuously updated on score-board.
Price-giving on evening on field. Provisional results posted on Facebook

Any incident or accident

One F1C model hit power lines in fly off.
F1B flyers decided to DT at 180 seconds without interference of contest director (max. was set at 10 minutes).

Protests

One time keeping error related to the 20 sec rule was corrected after a complaint.
One complaint was raised after the competition as C. Thom flew a model in fly off with the FAI registration of another modeller. The jury with alternate member to comply with majority non-F1A pilots decided to disqualify him after judging photo evidence and witness statements.