FAI Free Flight World Cup 2022

1. Mariusz Gasiorowski (POL)

2. Michal SLYS (POL)

3. Ivan BEZAK (SVK)

Advance information

FAI Calendar, e-mail; http://freefligt-krosno.vxm.pl/, Facebook

Schedule of competition

Round 1: 09:00-10:15, Round 2: 10:20-11:35, Round 3: 11:40-12:55, Round 4: 13:00-14:15, Round 5:14:20-15:35.
Fly Off F1Q: 17:10, Fly Off F1B: 17:25, Fly Off F1A: 17:40, F1C:18:00,
Time schedule and all breaks were announced on megaphone, and written on competition information board.

Duration of rounds

1-5 Round 75minutes,

Breaks between rounds

5 minutes

Maximum durations in each round

Round 1: 240sec, Rounds 2-5: 180sec. Fly Offs: F1A, F1B: 180sec + altitude, F1C,F1Q : 300sec.

Interruptions and delays

No

Weather and visibility

Good weather conditions, sunny, good visibility, temperature 5-16°C, wind 2-5 m/s W-NW.

Flight line - changes of position

Contestants were assigned to a fixed starting pole.

Number of starting poles

F1A: 8, F1B: 2, F1C: 2, F1Q:2

Number of competitors per pole

Usually 4, up to 5 in some poles.

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

Timekeeping between competitors on each starting pole (announced in advance).

Observations on timekeeping

There were two stopwatches and binoculars at each start pole. Additional 4 timekeepers were provided by organizer for control self-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.
Prize-giving in evening on field after last fly off. Results posted on www and additionally send by email for request.

Any incident or accident

Due to the speed and direction of the wind it was not possible to fly off for the full time. Fly off in class F1C and F1Q was held (at the competitors request) on a 300 sec flight. Fly off in class F1A and F1B for 180sec + altitude.
Some flyers could borrow a certified altimeter from other contestants and finally all flyers could be equipped with an altimeter for flyoffs.
After each of the fly offs, the altimeters were presented to the jury, which read the data and established the height of the models at the 3 minutes max. Some altimeters showed problems with reading the data and it didn't work the first time. One altimeter in F1B failed to read - Bodin Jean Luc (FRA).
There was a tie after first fly off in F1A, the second fly off was held on the same rules.

Protests

None