Praděd GP Gliding 2010 › Competition rules
1. Prerequisites
Every pilot has to own legal copy of Condor (version 1.1.3). Any modification of the application or any of the aircraft is forbidden and will be penalized by disqualification from the competition.2. Competition calendar
The competition starts on April 17th, 2010. Last competition day is June 5th, 2010. Racing day is Saturday. Server always starts at 20:00 CEST (18:00 UTC). The complete competition schedule you can find on this page.3. Competition class, tasks & settings
We will race in 15m FAI class (ASW27, Ventus2 and LS6 - DAeC index will be not used), racing tasks (all REGATTA) with PDA allowed. Competition has together 8 racing days.- servername and time of serverstart: Praded GP Gliding 2010 / 20:00 CEST (18:00 UTC)
- jointime is 30 minutes, race in 20 minutes, window time 0 minutes (regatta)
- start line is 10 km wide, final line is 1 km wide, perpendicular to the course from the last turnpoint
- turnpoint is a circle with 500 m diameter
- release height of aerotow is 700 m above airfield
- plane icons range is set 2 km
- maximum start altitude 1500 m or 1400 m (will be published in briefing)
- password for server will be published in briefing
- briefing will be published 60 minutes before race for registered users only
- only after mid-air collision is "Q" recovery possible
- na každém servru bude omezen počet pilotů na max. počet 20
4. Sceneries
We have only one competition scenery: beautiful Czech Republic 1.0, author: Miloš "Cadfael" Koch.5. Scoring
The competition will use scoring system based on real-life GP, the adjustment relates to a system of scoring. Scoring will be as follows:- everyone who finish task will receive minimally 1 point
- number of points for winner of the task will be 1/3 count of pilots registered for the competition (we have 83 registered pilots - winner of each task will receive 28 GP points)
- pilot which will finish at second place will receive 2 points less than the winner of the task
- each subsequent pilot receives one point less
- outlanding will be scored with zero points
- total GP points is count of all 8 racing days
- results will be available on the official competition website
6. Disconnection, penalties & protests
In case of your internet disconnect you have option to fly offline. You have to upload your IGC after each flight thru this web (after registration and login you can find in left sidebar menu item Send IGC). If this website is unreachable, you can send your IGC via e-mail. Protest has to be submitted max. 12 hours after server start. Protest will be reviewed for max. 24 hours after submission.- In registration pilot can choose glider type for whole competition. If pilot fly task with different glider type as he has in registration details, he will be scored with zero points. You have to fly whole competetion only with one type of glider.
- Cloud flying will be penalized with adding 10 seconds to finish time per 1 second in clouds.
- Outland in task - 0 points.
- No IGC uploaded - first time 0 points, repeated - disqualification from competition.
- Aerotow (re-aerotow) is allowed only before turning TP1. Using aerotow after turning TP1 and before finish line - 0 points for task.
- Crash - first time 0 points, repeated crash - disqualification from competition.
- Exception from crash - outlanding with open landing gear and Condor will be announce crash. Must be created screenshot undamaged plane with open landing gear and first line taskinfo (with racing days number), this screenshot send with IGC to e-mail. We will count flight distance then.
- It is prohibited any dangerous flying. Circeling in the direction of climb is determined by the first glider in thermal. If you have doubts about the circeling direction, ask in the chat. Obvious and deliberate breach of these rules may be punished with 50 penalty points after the protest. Repeated violation will be punished by the exclusion of competition.
7. Competition Officials
Condor Tasksetter: Radek Miča (RM), Piotr Raczynski (PIT), Martin Semrád (MSE)Web Administration:Erik Praznovský (3P)
E-mail Address:praded2010@virtualsoaring.eu
