FAI Free Flight World Cup 2016

1. Necdet ERGIN, TURKEY (President)

2. Valentin SAVOV, BULGARIA

3. Thomas Weimer, GERMANY

Advance information

Published well in advance on the net through CIAM and web site www.turkey-ff.org

Schedule of competition

June 4, 2016, Start time: 07:00 am
Fly off start: Same day, F1A: 19:50, F1B: 20:15

Duration of rounds

Normal rounds: 50 minutes, Fly off round: 10 minutes

Breaks between rounds

10 minutes break between the rounds
After fifth round, jury decided to finish the regular rounds because of the heavy rain possibility

Maximum durations in each round

First round: 240 seconds, other rounds: 180 seconds
First fly-off for F1A and F1B: 600 seconds

Interruptions and delays

None

Weather and visibility

The visibility was very good.
The temperature was between 180C and 250C.
The wind speed was between 1 m/sec and 2 m/sec.

Flight line - changes of position

None, 3km+ all directions

Number of starting poles

For F1A – 3, for F1B – 3

Number of competitors per pole

3, 4

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

Maximum flying time for first fly off was 600 seconds.

Observations on timekeeping

There was a fixed 1 timekeeper in each starting pole with binocular. There were some moving additional time keepers keeping time as a second time-keeper. In fly-off, there were two fixed timekeepers with good binoculars. Time keeping was very correct.

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

First 3 places in each category were awarded with plaques.
Junior winners were also awarded.

Any incident or accident

None

Protests