FAI Free Flight World Cup 2004

1. REE, Andras (president) HUN

2. GAHER, Ludovic ROM

3. HARMATH, Andor HUN

Advance information

Yes

Schedule of competition

Yes

Duration of rounds

55 minutes

Breaks between rounds

5 minutes

Maximum durations in each round

First to sixth rounds 3 minutes, seventh round 4 / 5 / 5 minutes supermax
Fly-off rounds: one 7 minutes round in each class.

Interruptions and delays

None

Weather and visibility

1st day: Low-medium wind (1 to 3 m/s), medium visibility, changing rain in the afternoon.
2nd day: Calm to low wind (0-2 m/s), sunny, good visibility.

Flight line - changes of position

None

Number of starting poles

F1A 19, F1B 8 and F1C 4.

Number of competitors per pole

Max. of 6 competitors.

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

On the first day the first (and only one) fly-off round was 7 minutes (there was no possibility for one more round because of the visibility).
On the second day the first fly-off round was also 7 minutes, to save time for one more round, but that was not needed (only one max. was flown).

Observations on timekeeping

There was no recorded problem, one verbal claim was discussed.

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

Prize giving on the field after the last fly-off.
Results were displayed immediately after the last fly-off as computer printout, and were displayed on the home page of the organiser on the next day.
Juniors were signed with “(J)” after their name in the overall listing and a separate classification was also published for F1A.

Any incident or accident

None

Protests

None