Fast Facts

Date:               May 22-23, 2010.  Registration closes May 19, 2010

Time:               Pilot check-in opens at 8am on Saturday.  

                        Pilot’s meeting at 9am

                        First round opens at 9:30

                        Sunday, first round opens at 9am

Location:         Emerald View Turf Farm, O’Fallon, Mo.  

Fee:                 $30 contest entry fee

Format:           F3K format/tasks, matrix flight order (no fly-offs)

Registration:    Send an email to the Contest Director, Glauco Lago

                        Registration closes May 19, 2010

                        Check the Frequency list for available frequencies

Welcome!

The Mississippi Valley Soaring Association is pleased to announce the second annual two-day hand launch contest. The event will be held at the MVSA club field, a beautiful, wide-open sod farm on May 22-23, 2010. 

This is a registered F3K team select qualifier contest.  Number of qualifiers from this event will depend on total number of entrants.

There will be a lunch break each day, and sandwiches will be available for a nominal fee. Free bottled water will be provided to all participants.  Last round on Sunday will not start after 3:30pm to allow out-of-towners a reasonable time to get on the road.

In order to avoid frequency conflicts, we will be observing F3K rule 5.7.2.5: Each competitor must provide at least two frequencies on which his model glider may be operated, and the organiser may assign any of these frequencies for the duration of the complete contest (you will not be asked to change frequencies once the contest starts.) 

For the purposes of creating the matrix and handling frequency conflicts, registration for the contest will close three days prior to the contest, on May 19, 2010.  Please submit your two frequencies to the CD, Glauco Lago at glauco.lago@mvsaclub.com  Contest entry fees can be paid on the first day of the contest.  Here is a current list of available frequencies.

Pilot's Meeting Notes

Contest will follow most of the guidelines set forth in the F3K rules, assume F3K rules unless otherwise noted below.   Some points will just be reminders of the F3K rules.

•no official timekeepers, your helper/caller will be your timer

•time sheets will not require a signature

•no transmitter impound, use only the frequency you are assigned

•flight testing time before rounds is 1 minute instead of 2.

•landing window will be enforced, there is a 30-sec countdown after the round ends, all planes must land in bounds before the 30-sec landing buffer ends otherwise the last flight is zeroed.

•flight time stops when the glider comes to rest in bounds or the pilot touches the glider (not when it touches a ground-based object but continues to fly).  So if the glider hits some weeds, but keeps going, the flight time continues to advance. 

•any part of the plane in bounds when it comes to rest is a valid landing.  If the pilot touches his airborne glider for the first time with both feet in bounds, the landing is valid.

•if the plane lands out of bounds, it must be retrieved (not flown) by the pilot or his helper to the in bounds area before it can be relaunched.  

•up to 5 models can be used, change at any time.   Spare models must be outside the launch/land area.  If changing model gliders during the working time, both planes must be in the launch/land area (must retrieve an out of bounds plane before switching to another plane).

•hitting anyone other than yourself or your timer during preparation time or working time results in a 100-point penalty.  Hitting anyone during the working time on launch results in a zero round.  

•times are truncated to the whole second.

Task specific rules:

•Task A Last Flight - Working time will be 7 minutes.  All other Tasks will be 10-minute working time

1. •  Task C All-Up Last-Down - AULD rounds will consist of 3 mass launches. 
   

•Task E Poker - 5 nominations only.  Cannot call  "Till end of working time"  Pilot must nominate an actual flight time before launching for the last flight. 

Contact 2-Day Contest Director Glauco Lago with any questions.

Hope to see you all in May!