FAI Free Flight World Cup 2008

1. John Taylor, AUS

2. Terry Bond AUS
David Ackery NZL

3. Roy Summersby AUS
Vin Morgan AUS

Advance information

FAI website, Free Flight Down Under, The Free Flighter, NSWFF Soc website

Schedule of competition

F1A Tuesday 25th March,Flyoff for F1A, F1B & F1C Wed 26th March Flyoff F1B Thurs 27th March 0.730- 14.30

Duration of rounds

one hour

Breaks between rounds

Nil

Maximum durations in each round

180 seconds

Interruptions and delays

Nil

Weather and visibility

Generally good, light drizzle 2nd - 4th round F1A wind variable over the 3 days 2-6 metres / second.

Flight line - changes of position

Nil

Number of starting poles

100 metre line , nominally 10.

Number of competitors per pole

One or two.

Local rules or deviations from Sporting Code

Nil No motorised retrieval allowed. Chocolate Bars and bottled water was provided to each entrant.

Observations on timekeeping

Competitors generally timed by other competitors ,timekeeping was checked by the CD and stopwatches provided where needed.
Some models were lost OOS in huge lift after several minutes.

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

Prizes in the form of stopwatches, wine and spirits plus certificates and perpetual trophies were awarded to places 1-3 after the unlimited flyoff in each class. The results have been sent to Ian Kaynes (FAI World Cup Organiser) SEN website, ,NSWFF Soc website, and will be published in Free Flight DownUnder.

Any incident or accident

Nil

Protests

Nil