FAI Free Flight World Cup 2004

1. Zechner Zoran, CROATIA, president of jury

2. Tone Videnšek, SLOVENIJA

3. Sokolic Danko, CROATIA

Advance information

On web-site of the organiser. They were late (20.08.2004) but complete: bulletin, maps with detailed road description, entry-form and list of applications

Schedule of competition

Start of the first round at 9:45; start of the fly-off at 18:00

Duration of rounds

55 min

Breaks between rounds

5 min

Maximum durations in each round

3 min

Interruptions and delays

Jury temporarily interrupted event after 6 th round for changing the starting place. Delay was 45 min, because new start was 700m away.

Weather and visibility

Fog in the morning. During the event: sunny and clear, very good visibility. Wind: 0 – 4.5m; changing direction 90 deg during the day. Temp. max 27 degC.

Flight line - changes of position

Change after 6 th round.

Number of starting poles

12: F1C – 2, F1B – 3, F1A – 7

Number of competitors per pole

3 to 4

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

NO

Observations on timekeeping

Timekeepers were qualified and alert. No problem recorded.

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

Prize giving ceremony was at competition field just after completion of fly-off. PC data processing was in the field. Results were displayed immediately after the fly-off, and were displayed on the home page of the organiser on the next 8 hours. Results were with full names, nationalities and juniors were signed with "(jr)". Prizes were given to the three first placed in each category and to the three best juniors in F1A.

Any incident or accident

NO

Protests

NO