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  1. Flash from Euro fly 2017-– World Cup in Switzerland
  2. World Cup Dates in Australia for 2018

Flash from Euro fly 2017-– World CUP in Switzerland

From: Ansgar

Day 1 Saturday  
in F1B/ C/ Q 1st round 240 sec, 2-4 rd 180 sec, 5thrd 240 sec + 120sec for all, who maxed rd 1-4 as pre fly off , 1st flyoff 8min  at 17”10 – 17”30, 2st Fly Off 10 min at 8”30  Sunday morning

 F1C     11 of 18 competitor in 8 min FLY off

  1. Aleksandrov Viacheslav  UKR   1020 + 360 + 440 sec
  2.  Claus-Peter Wächtler     GER   1020 + 360 + 436 sec
  3. Gauthier Briere                 FRA   1020 + 360 + 430 sec
  4.  Artem Babenko                UKR  1020 + 360 + 429 sec
  5. Franco Gradi                       ITA   1020 + 360 + 394 sec

F1B       67 participants

35 competitors with 4 Maxes, 27 in 8min Fly Off, 13 competitor in 10min FLY off

  1. Rigault Mickael                 FRA   1020 + 360 + 480 + 376 sec
  2. Christian Andrist               SUI   1020 + 360 + 480 + 365 sec
  3. Richard Nouvian               FRA   1020 + 360 + 480 + 308 sec
  4. Andreas Gey                     GER    1020 + 360 + 480 + 305 sec
  5. Georg Batiuk                   USA   1020 + 360 + 480 + 304 sec

F1Q       15 participants

10 competitors in 8min FO1, 4 in 10min FO2, 2 in FO3

  1. Omri Sirkis                         ISR   1020 + 360 + 480 + 600 + 318 sec
  2. Oleksandr Maksimov     UKR   1020 + 360 + 480 + 600 + 262 sec
  3. Dietrich Sauter                GER   1020 + 360 + 480 + 445 sec
  4. Matti Lihtamo                  FIN   1020 + 360 + 480 +  86 sec
  5. Paul Seren                        GER  1020 + 360 + 423 sec

F1A       70 participants
1 round 240 sec, 2nd rd 120 sec, 3rd rd 150 sec, due wind direction across the valley in direction to the forest, 4th rd 240 sec,  5thrd 240 sec + 180 sec (= 7 min) for all 19 , who maxed rd 1-4

  1. Volker Bajorat                  GER   990  + 420 sec
  2. Michael Bleuer                 SUI    990  + 420 sec
  3. Mikail Kosonozhkin         RUS   990  + 420 sec
  4. Lauri Malila                       SUI    990  + 390 sec
  5. Allard van Wallene          NED  990  + 381 sec

F1H     Gürbetalpokal as HEC contest

  1. Ansgar Nüttgens              GER   600  + 237 sec
  2. Vasiliy Beschasny             UKR   600  + 230 sec
  3. Jörg Schellhase                 GER   600  + 169 sec
  4. Yaron Kraus                       ISR   600 +  51 sec
  5.  Simon Piertzko  (jun)     GER   588 sec

World Cup Dates in Australia for 2018

From: Vin Morgan

41st Australian Free Flight Society Championships
Tui Cup
Widgiewa Cup
Narrandera 2018

Tui Cup (NZ World Cup Event)
Monday 16 April         F1A/B/C      5 x 1 hour rounds                                             0800 – 1300
Tuesday 17 April         Flyoffs F1A/B/C                                                             0700 – 0800
AFFS Combined % 3 flights no rounds                                             0800 – 1200

Widgiewa Cup (World Cup Event)

Wednesday 18 April   AFFS Combined % Open Fly-off                                             0700 – 0710
F1A/B/C                           5 x 1 hour rounds                                             0800 – 1300

Thursday 19 April          F1A/B/C Fly-offs from Wednesday                                             0700 – 0800
AFFS F1G*                        5 x 1 hour rounds*                                             0800 – 1300
AFFS F1H*                        5 x 1 hour rounds*                                             0800 – 1300
AFFS F1J*                         5 x 1 hour rounds*                                             0800 – 1300
Evening   AFFS AGM         (Narrandera Club)                                             1900

AFFS Championships (World Cup Event)

Friday 20 April           F1A/B/C                           5 x 1 hour rounds                                       0800 – 1300

Saturday 21 April        F1A/B/C Fly-offs from Friday                                             0700 – 0800
AFFS Combined Vintage  3 flights no rounds*                                             0800 – 1200
AFFS Combined HLG/CLG/TLG                                             0800 – 1200
AFFS Scramble                                                               0900 – 0930

Evening.  Presentation Dinner 1800
Venue: Morundah Hotel Bus from Narrandera provided.

Sunday 22 April                 Moving Day to West Wyalong Nationals.

Notes:

  • Daylight saving NSW finishes 1 April 2018
  • Sunrise 16 April 2018 0638 Sunset 1750
  • Sunrise 21 April 2018 0642 Sunset 1744
  • * Minis & % Combined Vintage will be 1st flight “High Time”

BACKGROUND
This program has been adopted by the AFFS committee as the best option for our 2018 event schedule. Due consideration was given to the following:

  1. NSWFFS request at our AGM for a compressed AFFS program prior to the Nationals.
  2. FFONZ request to again hold the TUI Cup at Narrandera.
  3. Name change of Dave Anderson Memorial to Widgiewa Cup to reflect the locality * (see footnote).
  4. Retention of the attraction for overseas competitors of 3 World Cup Rounds in one location.
  5. Minimising the travel requirements for interstate competitors. (Note: MAAA approval will be sought by AFFS to include all World Cup Event scores in the trial period for the 2019 World Championships).
  6. F1/ABC Event rounds will all be flown on the one day.
  7. Some AFFS Events e.g. Open Power, Open Rubber, Oz Diesel have been omitted for this year’s program only as they will be held within the NSWFFS Nationals the following week.
  8. Some local events e.g. Combined % Open, Combined HLG/CLG/TLG, Scramble, Combined Vintage have been retained within the program to maintain some events for non FAI flyers.
  9. The Event Schedule timing lies close to the optimal weather window (Temp & wind) for the year at Narrandera and is around the traditional period that AFFS would normally hold its events.
  10. Retention of our mandatory AGM meeting requirement.
  11. Retention of our World Famous Banquet at Morundah Pub !!

*Footnote:

  • The place name Widgiewa is derived from the local Aboriginal word meaning “What do you want?”  (The Answer for AFFS is easy: Great Free Flight Competitions!!!)

The Australian Nationals

The Australian Nationals follows at West Wyalong that is about an hours drive away. The link to the full schedule was in a previous SEN. The Nats has a full schedule of events, Free Flight, Control Line and Radio Control. The F1ABC events at the Nats are also World Cup Events

Tuesday 24 April – F1A and F1C
Thursday 26 April – F1B