FAI Free Flight World Cup 2006

1. Ivan Horejsi, Czech Republic

2. Marius Conu, Romania

3. Mihail Zanciu, Romania

Advance information

Sent out well in advance

Schedule of competition

The contest was organized within the F1E European Champ schedule on June 17-18, 2006.
Contest opening: 9.45, first round 10.00, 5 rounds

Duration of rounds

75 minutes

Breaks between rounds

Lunch break

Maximum durations in each round

5 x 300, fly-off 420 sec. Two flyers in the regular fly-off, another two who tied for the third place.

Interruptions and delays

The contest was interrupted before the fly-off, due danger of thunderstor m with rain and possible difficulties with leaving the flying site on muddy and slippery road.
The fly-off (2+2 participants) was organized next morning.

Weather and visibility

15 – 20 C. W wind 2-4 m/s.
No visibility problems.

Flight line - changes of position

The flight line was moved before the round 5 because of the change of the wind direction

Number of starting poles

One starting area re Sporting Code

Number of competitors per pole

About 10 pairs of timekeepers

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

w/o

Observations on timekeeping

no comment

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

First results immediately after the contest, results in-written the same day.
The prizegiving ceremony was joined with the EC festive dinner and the prize giving ceremony.
The first 3 individuals seniors, juniors and teams were awarded with diplomas and cups.

Any incident or accident

w/o

Protests

w/o