FAI Free Flight World Cup 2005

1. Branko Leskošek, Slovenia – president

2. Dragan Stankovic, Slovenia – member

3. Darijo Jermol, Croatia – member
Viktor Stamov, Ukraina - member

Advance information

FAI FF Calendar 2005, Invitation,
Bulletin on web http://freeweb.siol.net/zulicbor/razpisi/krkacup2005.htm

Schedule of competition

15. Oct. 2005 category F1A - 7 rounds, 1. round started at 11:00;
16. Oct 2005 categories F1B, F1C - 5 rounds, 1. round started at 12:15;

Duration of rounds

round 1 = 55 minutes, rounds 2 to 7 = 50 min

Breaks between rounds

after round 1 = 5 minutes, no breaks after rounds 2 to 5

Maximum durations in each round

F1A: round 1 = 240 s, rounds 2 to 7 = 180 s
F1B, F1C : rounds 1 = 300 s, round 2 to 5 =180 s

Interruptions and delays

begining of F1A event delayed because of fog for 2 h
beginning of F1B, F1C events delayed because of fog for 4:15 h

Weather and visibility

15.Oct. 2005, sunny; 13-18 degrees C, visibility O.K., wind 0 m/s to 1,5 m/s;
16.Oct. 2005, sunny; 12-18 deg. C, visibility O.K., wind: 0 m/s to 1,5 m/s,

Flight line - changes of position

F1A: no
F1B, F1C : before fly-off flight line moved 400 meters upwind

Number of starting poles

F1A - 17, F1B – 7, F1C – 3

Number of competitors per pole

F1A : 4, F1B : 3 to 4, F1C : 4

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

No

Observations on timekeeping

Reliable timekeepers

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 ethno cups on the flying site after the race.
Listings of the updated results with were sticked on the time-table after the begining of the next round and result listings for each category were available at the prize-giving, delivered by e-mail next days and published on web.

Any incident or accident

An incident happened when two unknown persons stealed a radio-receiver form Cristoph Bachmann’s hands. The incident was informed to the police, who made a report.

Protests

No protests
but there was a complaint, that a timekeeper did not time a max to CRO competitor Damir Rogoz. A complaint was withdrawn and was not followed by a protest.