FAI Free Flight World Cup 2008

1. Giorgio Venuti (ITA) (president)

2. Flavio Ceccato (ITA)

3. Pierre Chaussebourg (FRA) (alternative member)
Marian Popescu (ROM) (alternative member)

Advance information

On web site and sent via e-mail to most of participant.

Schedule of competition

May 2: practice and registration at Concordia Hotel (Gallio)
May 3: 8.30 continue registration and Meeting at mount Sisemol.
Briefing participant and timekeepers. Competition start at 9,30.
Fly offs after competition if necessary.
Contest Manager Paolo Soave (ITA)
Scrupulouse control with regard to belonging of the model to the relative participant before every flight.

Duration of rounds

75 minutes all five rounds

Breaks between rounds

30 minutes lunch break betwen 3rd - 4th round

Maximum durations in each round

300 sec.
420 sec. in Fly Off.

Interruptions and delays

15 min between 1st - 2nd round (change start position)
15 min between 4th - 5th round (recovery models)

Weather and visibility

Sunny in the morning, 50 % cloudy in the afternoon.
Temp. 9-15 °C. Visibility good.

Flight line - changes of position

Two positions: A and B as wind direction.
First round on pos. A; second to fift round on pos. B.
Fly Off on lower site of position B.

Number of starting poles

Five

Number of competitors per pole

5,4 Competitors per pole

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

5 min working time as common in use in F1E competitions.

Observations on timekeeping

Couples of timekeepers with regular equippement.

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

Prize giving cerimony on 7.30 PM at Valbella Hotel in town Gallio.
Three best seniors, three best juniors and two best of tree members of declared teams were awarded.
The results was disposable during the cerimony.

Any incident or accident

None

Protests

None