FAI Free Flight World Cup 2003

1. Darko Bauer, Slovenia - president

2. Marko Butkovic, Croatia, & Dragan Stankovic, Slovenia – 1st day members

3. Slavko Moze, Slovenia, & Kimmo Kulmakko, Finland – 2nd day members

Advance information

FAI FF Calendar 2003, Invitation
Bulletin on web http://www.insert.si/aeroklub/modelarstvo.html
or http://freeweb.siol.net/zulicbor/razpisi/krkacup2003.htm

Schedule of competition

11. Oct. 2003 category F1A, 7 rounds, 1. round started at 09:10
12. Oct 2003 categories F1B, F1C, 7 rounds, 1. round started at 08:10

Duration of rounds

11. Oct 2003 All rounds, - 55 minutes
12. Oct 2003 All rounds, - 55 minutes

Breaks between rounds

5 minutes

Maximum durations in each round

F1A: round 1 = 240 s, rounds 2-7 = 180 s
F1B, F1C: rounds 1, 3-7 = 180 s, round 2 = 300 s

Interruptions and delays

No

Weather and visibility

11.Oct. 2003, sunny, calm, 20 deg. C, visibility O.K.; wind: 0 m/s to 1,5 m/s
12.Oct. 2003, cloudy, 16 deg. C, visibility O.K.; wind: 1 m/s to 2,5 m/s , in the fly-off up to 5 m/s

Flight line - changes of position

F1A, F1B : changes of position +2
F1C : changes of position +1

Number of starting poles

F1A – 12, F1B – 11, F1C – 3

Number of competitors per pole

F1A : 4
F1B : 4
F1C : 3

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

No

Observations on timekeeping

In the 2nd fly-off in F1B Yrjo Valtonen’s model flew out of sight before the cloud, so the timekeepers ceased timing at 230 s.

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

Prize-giving : first 3 places in each category and first 3 juniors in F1A were awarded with cups on the flying site after the race.
Listings of the updated results with were sticked on the clock-board after the beginning of the next round and result listings for each category were available at the prize-giving and also delivered by e-mail next days.

Any incident or accident

Unusual occurrence happened on the first day when Matej Nardin’s model during flight encountered electrical lines at the edge of the flying site what caused a short circuit with a bang and an immediate burning of the model.

Protests

No