CondorWorld Medlánky Cup

CondorWorld Medlánky Cup › Competition rules

1. Prerequisites

Every pilot has to own legal copy of Condor (version 1.1.4). 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 May 14, 2011, last competition day is June 25, 2011. Racing days are Saturdays. 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 Club Class, Plane Pack 2 is needed. IGC index will be used: ASW15 (98), ASW19 (101), JantarStd3 (101), Libelle (98) a LS4 (105) Competition has together 7 racing days. All task will have take-off and landing at Medlánky (Brno) airport.

servername and time of serverstart: CondorWorld Medlanky Cup / 20:00 CEST (18:00 UTC)
join time is 30 minutes, race will start 10 minute after jointime end, start window open for 120 minutes
start line is 10 km wide, final line is 1 km wide, perpendicular to the course from the last turnpoint
turnpoint is cylinder with 500 m radius, max. altitude 2400 m QNH
maximum start altitude will be 2400 m QNH
release height of aerotow is 700 m above airfield
plane icons range is set 1 km
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

4. Sceneries

We have only one competition scenery: beautiful SlovakiaCE 6.0, author: Miloš "Cadfael" Koch.

5. Scoring

Each race will be scored via IGC files with ShowCondorIGC and calcutated to 1000 points. IGC index will be used. Overall result is count of all seven flights. Results of racing days and also overall score will be posted on this website next day after actuall race is done.

6. Prizes

Pilots in TOP 3 in overall scoreboard will receive one HD scenery from Miloš "Cadfael" Koch (www.condorworld.eu) and all pilots flying in this competition will recieve the digital diploma (PDF file).

7. 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.
Penalty zones will be used: 100 penalty points for zone entry + 100 penalty points per 1 minute in zone.
Cloud flying will be penalized with 60 penalty points per minute.
Outland in task - points for distance.
No IGC uploaded - first time 0 points, repeated - disqualification from competition.
For scoring in this competition we accept only IGC files created directly from Condor software. How to create and upload IGC see in Help (FAQ) page.
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 10 minutes penalty after the protest. Repeated violation will be punished by the exclusion of competition.

8. Competition Officials

Contest Sponzor: www.condorworld.eu
Condor Tasksetter: Radek Miča (RM)
Web Administration:Erik Praznovský (3P)
Condor Serverhosting: Radek Miča (RM)
E-mail Address:medlanky@virtualsoaring.eu

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