Section 3

Flights shall be controlled by GNSS flight recorders (FR).

a. All GNSS FR’s approved by the IGC up to two months prior to the Opening Day shall be accepted. A valid calibration certificate must be provided for each FR.

The FAI SC Section 3 requires that Flight Recorders have been calibrated within the previous 24 months.

b. Two GNSS FRs may be used. One being designated to the Organisers as the primary recorder and the other one as a back-up.

c. GNSS FRs recording intervals shall be set to 10 sec or less. Non-compliance may be penalised.

d. FRs shall be switched on for at least two minutes before take off to establish an altitude baseline. On motor gliders having an MoP capable of being started in flight (including sustainer MoP) the engine must be started and run for a maximum of two minutes either before the launch, or as soon as possible after release if the motor glider is launched by aerotow. This is required to provide a positive record on the GNSS trace. The FR must remain switched on following an engine run on the ground.

A briefing shall be held each morning, during the training and
championship flying periods, at which full meteorological and operational
information appropriate to the task of the day shall be given. This shall include units of measurement and times as appropriate if not already stated in the Local Procedures .

a. All pilots shall attend briefing except that a competitor who is unable to attend, for reasons outside his control, shall be represented by his Team Captain.

b. Flight and safety requirements given at briefing shall carry the status of Local Procedures.

All flight and safety requirements should be provided in writing for the Team Captains.

The following limitations are imposed so that the competition shall, as far as possible, be directly between the individual competitors, neither controlled nor helped by external aid.

5.3.1 Radio Transmitters and Transceivers Radios are for voice transmissions between team members and between them and the Organisers only.

a. They may not be used to contact Air Traffic Services other than for obtaining permission from an airfield to land on it, unless the Organisers add specific requirements in the Local Procedures.

b. Any other data transmission between competitors, or between them and the ground, except as required by the Organisers, is prohibited.

c. Transmissions may only be made on frequencies prescribed by the Organisers.

Cloud flying and unauthorised aerobatics are prohibited. Any manoeuvres hazardous to others shall be avoided and may be penalised and competitors shall avoid dropping water ballast in any manner likely to affect other competing sailplanes.

1.4.1 The Organisers shall pay due regard to safety and fairness in all aspects of the championships.

The Organisers may issue additional rules regarding safety in the Local Procedures.

1.4.2 The Organisers shall provide:

a. All facilities necessary for the satisfactory operation of the Championships.

b. Each competitor and Team Captain with all complementary information upon arrival at the contest site, including a large scale map section showing each of the start, turn and control points, and an electronic version of the start, turn
point and control point data base in the IGC standard file format for turn point data files.

c. Full meteorological information during the Championships, access to which shall be available to competitors and assistants in addition to briefing material supplied to the competitors.