FAI Free Flight World Cup 2016

1. F1B: Gary Pope AUS; F1A, F1C:Jim Christie AUS

2. F1B: Jim Christie AUS; F1A, F1C: Matthew Hannaford AUS
(Replacement for fly off for F1A, F1C was Vin Morgan AUS)

3. F1B: Brian Van Nest USA; F1A, F1C: Donna Gray AUS

Advance information

Events were published in Free Flight Down Under, SEN, and The New South Wales Free Flighter news letter

Schedule of competition

F1B April 16, F1A and F1C April 17

Duration of rounds

1 HOUR

Breaks between rounds

NIL

Maximum durations in each round

First round 4 minutes MAX, the remanding rounds 2-5 were 3 minutes MAX

Interruptions and delays

NIL

Weather and visibility

Visibility good, Wind 2-3 Meters per second during the event

Flight line - changes of position

Flight line for F1B was in the North western corner of the field
Flight line for the remaining events was on the Eastern side of the field
The only other change in flight line was to F1A not more than 300m to allow more space due to visibility around parked cars.

Number of starting poles

5

Number of competitors per pole

1         - 2

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

Flight lines were positioned in the best possible position due to field size restrictions

Observations on timekeeping

During rounds, Competitors were allowed to time for each other. During fly-offs a combination of field mounted binoculars and hand held binoculars were used.
During F1B Fly off timekeepers mentioned it was hard to time to the ground due to trees either in the background or obscuring there view. This didn’t change the result.
During F1A fly off the number of timekeepers and spotters was increased to three per competitor. All groups had a combination of tripod mounted Binoculars and hand held.
During F1C fly-off one competitor landed in a tree. This didn’t have an impact on the result.

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

The results were on the score board in order of placings on all three days. Results will be sent to the FAI and posted on SEN. They will be published in the next issue of Free Flight Down Under and on the NSWFFS web site.
Prizes in the form of certificates, Hand painted trophies, with a perpetual trophy for the winner of the event

Any incident or accident

NIL

Protests

NIL