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Rules hanggliding competition

                                              PESHTERA OPEN 2014

                              National Bulgarian Hanggliding Champonship
                                                          FAI Cat 2
​                                         12th to 17th August 2014

1. Organizer  -  National Hang Gliding club of Bulgaria - Sofia,  Drujba 1,  bl 103
tel. +359 888 719369

​2. Host  -  HERKAL - Peshtera     Email: hanggliding@abv.bg

​3. Location  -  Peshtera

​4. Program  -   Sunday   10/11.08      13 - 18:00    Training flights
                        Monday                       18 - 20:00    Registration

                        Tuesday       12.08                9:00   Opening ceremony, General briefing
                                                                    11:00    Task 1

                        Wednesday  13.08                          Task 2

                        Thursday      14.08                          Task 3
                                                                   21:00    Pilots party

                        Friday           15.08                           Task 4

                        Saturday      16.08                           Task 5

                        Sunday         17.08            10:00   Closing ceremony or reserve day

​5. Launching   -   Foot launch from hill sites  

​​6. Start sites    - Zhrebichko:  Wind direction - N, NE, E  - 1 ramp or grass.      

7.  Headquarter  -  Hospice - Herkal,  Peshtera

​8.  Competition class    - FAI 1

​9.  Competition director - Dimitar Dimov

​​​10.  Jury  -  Will be named before competition start

​11. Scorer  -  Stoyan Milanov

​12. Rules    -  1. This competition rules and notices at the competition office  
                      2. FAI Sporting Code

​13. Participants   - Maximum 50 pilots. Pilots may be from Bulgaria or foreign pilots    qualified with valid FAI Sporting License 2013

14. Documentation  - GPS – track log with altitude recording. Every pilot must bring an appropriate download cable.

​15. Scoring software  -  Download tracklogs with GPSDump and scoring with FS.

16. Scoring formula   - GAP 2008 with the settings
 - Use Distance Points 

 - UseTime Points 

 - Use Arrival Position Points (only during Race)
 - Use Leading Points (only during Race)

17. Championship Title   - National Bulgarien Open 2014 FAI Class 1 (Flex Wings)
                                          - National Champion of Bulgaria 2014  FAI Class 1 (Flex Wings)

18. Radios  - All pilots must have 2m band radios and mobile phones.

19. Liability   - All pilots fly at their own risk.  All pilots accept without restriction to hold the organisers, its bodies and members harmless and waive all claims to compensation.

20. Requirements  - Equipment
І. The glider certification as published by the testing bodies: DHV,      BHPA,USHGA
ІІ.Prototype airsports equipment in accordance with FAI Sporting Codes  Sect. 7A, Version 2012
- All pilots, must wear a helmet certified to EN966 (HPG) at all times whilst flying.
- Valid third party insurance
- FAI Sport licence for 2014
- Signed Liability and Participation agreement documents for competitions FAI Cat 2.

​21. Start fee  - For registrations until 31.07. 2014 the start fee is 50 €, later registrations will be charged at 60 €. Payment by bank transfer to the following account:

Sdrujenie  Bulgarski Nacionalen Deltaclub

Raiffeisenbank
IBAN: BG17RZBB91551002381567
BIC:RZBBBGSF
 

Registration is only complete on reception of the start fee. Should the competition be cancelled due to meteorological conditions then 50% of the start fee will be refunded.

22. Included in start fee  - Map material with waypoint and coordinate list.  lunch package, laminated pilots card. Pilots party. Transport to the start.

23. Registration  - Online-registration per Registration page :  via registration form.     Last minute entries will  be possible.

24. GPS Registration  - Monday, 11.08.2014 from 18:00 - 20:00 at the competition office.

​25. Check in   -  Every participant must check in per SMS and run report after landing up to the deadline set during the task briefing.  All participants who have not checked in will be searched for with all available resources.  Participants must pay all costs for search actions themselves.
26. Prizes  - Trophies, Prize money (according to the number of participants)

27. Changes  - The organizer reserves the right to change this document as required.

28. Further Infos  - http://bulgariaopen.wix.com/nhgb   http://www.hanggliding-bg.com

 

 

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