FAI Free Flight World Cup 2016
| Competition | 2015 North American Cup for FAI Free Flight - Feb 10/11, 2015 Lost Hills CA |
| FAI Jury members | 1. Henning Nyhegn, DEN 2. Aram Shlosberg, USA 3. Walt Ghio, USA |
Advance information | Listed on the SCAT web page and Facebook (FreeFlight group) |
Schedule of competition | Listed on the SCAT web page |
Duration of rounds | One hour |
Breaks between rounds | No break between rounds |
Maximum durations in each round | First round for F1A 240 seconds and 240 seconds for F1BCQ. For the remaining six rounds flight time was 180 seconds. |
Interruptions and delays | Round 7 was cancelled. Jury decision was based on models entering the orchard in Round 6. Based on time remaining and the desire to complete flyoffs in the evening a decision to cancel round 7 was made. 1 hr delay after round 6 to relocate starting line to accommodate wind direction change. Flyoffs were delayed to as late as possible to provide as fair as possible conditions. Flyoffs for F1C were required to go to the following morning because 3 sportsmen made the 9 minute maximum. |
Weather and visibility | Excellent weather conditions for February. 1 to 3 m/s wind and temperature of 25C. Flyoff weather was excellent with 1 m/s wind and excellent visibility. |
Flight line - changes of position | Each competitor selected a location on the flight line and flew the contest from this position. |
Number of starting poles | No starting poles |
Number of competitors per pole | Not required. |
Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code | Deviations from the Sporting Code were: the lack of stating poles. 6 rounds were used rather than 5 or 7 (see above). Flyoff was 9 minute max rather than 7 minutes. |
Observations on timekeeping | No issues with timekeeping |
Prize-giving and issue of results - confirm organisers provide results with full names, nationalities and number of juniors | Full results provided. Electronic results published on SCAT electronic web page and on Facebook Free Flight Group. |
Any incident or accident | Carrol Allen (F1B – USA) had an attempt with a possible faulty stopwatch that showed 22 seconds. It was decided to uphold the timers score. Later analysis of his altimeter showed that it was correct |
Protests | No protests |