FAI Free Flight World Cup 2003

1. Loureiro de Sousa – Portugal

2. Jyrki Leppänen – Finland

3. Pera Kolic – Yugoslavia (F1A)
Javier Abad – Spain (F1B)

Advance information

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Schedule of competition

F1A on September 13th
F1B on September 14th starting at 7.30

Duration of rounds

45 minutes for round 1 to 3, 35 minutes for round 4 to 7

Breaks between rounds

F1A 10 minutes
F1B 10 minutes round 1 and 2, 5 minutes for round 3 and 4, 15 minutes for round 5 to 7.

Maximum durations in each round

F1A 4 minutes for round 1, 3 minutes round 2 to 7
F1B 9 minutes for round 1, 3 minutes round 2 to 7.

Interruptions and delays

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Weather and visibility

F1A The weather conditions were good with blue sky, light wind and strong thermal activity towards the end of the competition.
F1B Excellent flying conditions and very light wind, rising wind from round 5. The weather conditions were good with blue sky, light wind and strong thermal activity towards the end of the competition.

Flight line - changes of position

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Number of starting poles

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Number of competitors per pole

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Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

F1A At the end of the competition a tie existed between two competitors and the existing strong thermal activity during the afternoon, it was decided to fly the fly-off at 7:00am on the following day. During the fly-off good weather conditions existed.
F1B Knowing the local weather conditions it was decided to use a flight time of 9 minutes for the first round in order to use the result to resolve tie situations instead of flying a fly-off round.

Observations on timekeeping

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

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Any incident or accident

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Protests

No protests have been presented