07 03 11 23:02 - 2011 rules

After some discussion, there are numerous clarifications all over the rules, no major changes to the concept of the competition and one change to reduce available power: we'll be limiting battery weight to 300g in 2011 and 2012 seasons and further to 250g in 2013 and 2014 seasons. See here.

With FAI rules showing up as a reality in the coming years, it will be interesting to see what the future of Eurocup turns out.

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06 03 10 00:46 - Rules for season 2010

With the help of the wiki and some mailing we created rules for season 2010. They're basically the same as for the last three years, with tweaks and adjustments for better clarity. Only major change is introduction of "outrunner" category as the only 400 compatible category. Organizers had problems with last year "open' design which was a mashup of smaller categories with all their national spices. Altough "outrunner" doesn't seem like the best choice, it prevailed due to the popularity and the number of pilots it received.

Here's the link.

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08 01 09 21:33 - 2010 rules

Last year I was mentioning at the eurocup competitions that I am going to prepare a collaborative environment where we could discuss the future rules of F5J euro scene. I'm happy to announce that the mediawiki I set up for that purpose is already in internal testing. I'll send out invitation emails once we're confident it will be useful to the participants.

F5J future is going to be bright! :)

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01 02 06 20:08 - F5J RULES 2007-2010

Object: To provide a man-on-man contest for competiors flying radio-controlled thermal duration soaring gliders with electric motor. In the contest, several qualifying rounds are flown. For each qualifying round, competitors are divided into groups. The scores in each group are normalized to give them meaningful scores irrespective of changing weather conditions during a round. The competitors with the top aggregate scores in the qualifying rounds then fly at least two but not more than four further fly-off rounds as a single group to determine the final placing. The scheduled number of fly-off rounds shall be announced by the Contest Director before the start of the contest. (more)

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