THE 2005 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR RADIO CONTROLLED GLIDERS CLASS F3B BULLETIN 1

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1 THE 2005 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR RADIO CONTROLLED GLIDERS CLASS F3B BULLETIN 1 The Finnish Aeronautical Association has the pleasure to invite all the members of the FAI to participate in the 15th F3B World Championships, which will take place in Lappeenranta, Finland, 31. July to 6. August 2005.

2 THE 2005 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR RADIO CONTROLLED GLIDERS CLASS F3B Last minute information (BULLETIN 2) Last minute information for the teams attending the competition

3 DATES: Wed July 27 - Practise field opens at Immola airport Fri July 29 - Contest office is open 08:00 18:00 at the contest site (tents may be set up) Sat July 30 - Registration and practising at the contest site 08:30 20:00 Sat July 30 - Team managers meeting at the contest office at 20:15 Sun July 31 - Registration and practising at the contest site 08:30 12:00 Sun July 31 - Round zero Distance starting 13:00 Mon Aug 1 - Opening ceremony at 09:30 Mon Aug 1 - Round 1 10:15 20:00 Tue Aug 2 - Flying 08:30 20:00 Wed Aug 3 - Flying 08:30 16:30 Wed Aug 3 - Sauna at lake Saimaa for Team managers at 18:30, free sauna at Huhtiniemi at 19:00 for all. Thu Aug 4 - Flying 08:30 20:00 Fri Aug 5 - Flying 08:30 20:00 Sat Aug 6 - Spare day for flying. Price giving at the harbour 18:30 and banquet on ship Camilla at lake Saimaa 19:00 21:00. Contest field opens every day at 07:00, transmitter impound at 07:30. Breakfast is served at the field 07:15 08:15. Lunch is served at the field 12:30 15:00 without any break in flying. PRACTISING: There is a practising field available about 30 kilometres from town at Immola airfield Imatra. Practising at the contest field is only allowed on Saturday and Sunday. CONTEST RULES: The contests will be run according to the current rules of the FAI Sporting Code. LOCAL RULES: In distance just before the start of the model every pilot or his helper has to announce clearly his signal, such as Aplha starting. Etc. The Model must not be released before confirmation of the flight line manager. During the start the flight line manager announces the signal of the starting model via loudspeaker. ANTHEMS AND FLAGS Please bring with you a cd or a c-cassette with your national anthem recorded on it. Please bring also with you one national flag.

4 FAI LICENSES All pilots and team managers must posses a valid FAI license. FAI Specification Certificates Each competitor must present a fully and correctly completed FAI Specification Certificate for each model entered in the championship, in accordance with Section 4c Part 2, Item of the FAI Sporting Code. These Specification Certificates must be certified and stamped by your NAC. Models presented for registration which are not properly processed with FAI certificates and stickers by their NAC, shall be processed by the organizers at a cost of 20 per model. Other issues: The contest is run on a commercial airfield, which is operational during the competition. Please pay special attention to organizers instructions how to move around the field. Please contact Markku Savolainen ( ) or Erkki Arima ( ) when you have arrived to Lappeenranta. You will get some additional information from the competition office. Welcome to Lappeenranta! Erkki Arima Contest Director

5 ORGANISER: On behalf of the Finnish Aeronautical Association, The Aero Club of Lappeenranta and The RC Soaring Team Finland. DATES: 30-31/07 Registration and model processing. Practising on the field. 31/07 Round zero with task B, Distance. 1-5/8 Contest days 6/8 A spare day and official closing ceremonies and banquette on a ship at lake Saimaa. Competition starts every day at 8:00 and stops after finishing the daily program normally 17:00, at latest 21:00. LOCATION: The city of Lappeenranta, which is situated in South-East part of Finland. Lappeenranta has inhabitants. The contest will be held at the commercial Airfield, which is situated almost in the central of the city. (Look at CLIMATE All the meteorological details are based on observations made during the last 30 years. During August there are 10 days, when it rains more than 1 mm. However it seldom rains the whole day. Daily average temperature is 16,7 C, minimum 12,2 maximum 21,1. Humidity average from 56% to 70% Moderate to low winds. FAI JURY: Jury president: Jury members: Spare: Mr. Sandy Pimenoff (Finland) Mr. Tomas Bartovsky (Czech Republic) Mr. Ralf Decker (Germany) Mr. Matti Jyllilä (Finland) Mr. Edvin Penart (Estonia) Mr. Pierre Chaussebourg (France) CONTEST RULES: The contests will be run according to the current rules of the FAI Sporting Code. PROTEST FEES: A protest may be submitted according to the FAI Sporting Code, accompanied by a EUR 40, refundable if the protest is upheld.

6 PARTICIPANTS: Each country may enter team consisting of: maximum 3 competitors team manager helpers and supporters reigning World Champion AWARDS: FAI Medals and FAI Diplomas and a trophy for the first, second and third place, individual, small FAI Medals and FAI Diplomas for the three best teams team members and TM. SIL diploma to all participants. FREQUENCIES: These RC frequencies have been allocated to the use of modellers in Finland: MHz (at 10k intervals) This band is recommended , 26,845, 26,865, 26,885, , , , , , , , , , MHz , , , , , , , , , , MHz. If there is a need for other frequencies, please contact the organiser in advance. There will be additional fee of 50 for getting a special permission to use a frequency outside above list. ACCOMMODATION: There are two alternatives available, both located near the field. A hotel, Sokos Hotel Lappee ( and an youth hostel and camping place, Huhtiniemi ( ). Breakfast and dinner will be served in the Hotels as well as on the field. Lunch will be served at the field. Accommodation to these too alternatives is to be ordered with the entry-form and are handled by the organizer. The organizer does not take care of any other reservations. TOUR: A sightseeing tour will be arranged 6/08. ENTRY FEES: Competitor EUR 275,- Team Manager EUR 275,- Helpers and supporters EUR 55,-

7 Lodging Hotel (breakfast inc.) double room EUR 84,- per room/night Hotel (breakfast inc.) single room EUR 84,- per person/night Youth hostel double room EUR 69,- per room/night Youth hostel single room EUR 52,- per room/night Camping cabins for four persons EUR 42,- per cabin/night Camping (a tent or a caravan) EUR 10,- + 3 / person Lunch at field EUR 8,- Breakfast at the field (from 07:00) EUR 5,- Dinner at camping or hotel restaurants EUR from 12,- Other Banquet 10/08 EUR 50,- TRANSPORTATION: Transportation from the place of accommodation to the airfield and back is not ensured by the organiser. OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: English. HOW TO TRAVEL TO FINLAND: By ship: There are several companies operating on the route Helsinki-Travemünde ( ). Ship routes between Finland and Sweden are among the busiest in the world. ( and ) You may also consider the fast growing sea link between Tallinn and Helsinki ( ). Early reservations on ships are normally needed. And of course you fly to Lappeenranta on a domestic flight from Helsinki. ENTRIES: Official entries are to be sent to the address below and all payments are to be made to the bank account below before the 15th of April Later entries are not guaranteed to get accommodation with the informed prices. If payments are done after 15th April, the fee for competitor and TM is 305 and for helpers 60. If payments are done after 1 st July, The fee for competitor and TM is 340 and for helpers 65. Payments to: The Aero Club of Lappeenranta Bank : SWIFT OKOY FI HH Account: FI

8 Send Euros in the form of International bank transfer or a bank draft payable to The Aero Club of Lappeenranta. Entry forms to: Erkki Arima Saveltie 5 A HELSINKI, Finland or erkki.arima@jippii.fi BULLETIN 2: Bulletin number 2 will be given out before the 15 of May MORE INFORMATION: WWW: f3b.fi Or Erkki Arima Saveltie 5 A HELSINKI Finland TEL: erkki.arima@jippii.fi Contest Director

9 THE 2005 F3B WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ENTRY FORM The National Airsports Control of wishes to enter the following team to the F3B World championships. Team manager NAME Freq. A/B/C WC Fee Senior Competitor 1 Senior Competitor 2 Senior Competitor 3 Helper / Supporter Helper / Supporter Helper / Supporter Total entry fees Lodging Hotel (breakfast inc.) double room EUR 84,- X nights total (Total number of rooms ) from To Hotel (breakfast inc.) single room EUR 84,- X nights total (Total number of rooms ) from To Youth hostel double room EUR 69,- X nights total (Total number of rooms ) from To Youth hostel single room EUR 52,- X nights total (Total number of rooms ) from To Camping cabins for four persons EUR 42,- X nights total (Total number of cabings ) from To Camping (Tent or Caravan + el.) EUR??,- X nights total (Total number of camping ) from To Banquet EUR 50,- X # persons Lunch at field starting 30/7 EUR 8,- X # meals Breakfast at field starting 30/7 EUR 5,- X # meals Total for lodging Grand total

10 Arrival and departure dates Contact persons name and address Special wishes and other messages to the organiser.

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