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SA Champs - the detail

Postby alanmack » Fri Aug 20, 2010 2:29 pm

At the end of this post you will find an entry form.

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL MICROLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS

LOCAL RULES

Place: Heidelberg S26 30’ 30” E028 23’ 30” (See AIP for AD details - FAHG)
Date: 7 & 8th(Register), 9,10,11 and 12 September 2010
Organiser: MISASA (Tel. 0737637510 Mervyn Reynolds)
Authority: These rules are to be applied in conjunction with the General Section and
Section 10 of the FAI (Federation Aeronautique Internationale –
www.fai.org) Sporting Code, which shall take precedence in the case of
ambiguity.

Partners: Sodexho, Skyriders Flight School
Sponsors: Rivonia Toyota, Potties Nuus, MyMethod Consulting, Johannesburg
Microlight Academy, Rob Gassman, Monte Casino, Garmin, Resolution,
Life, Skyriders Flight School



Classes: Solo Conventional Microlights – MTOW 300Kg (sCCM)
Dual Conventional Microlights – MTOW 450Kg (dCCM)
Solo Weight-Shift Microlights – MTOW 300Kg (sWCM)
Dual Weight-Shift Microlights – MTOW 450Kg (dWCM)

1. Officials: Event Director - Mervyn Reynolds (ED)
Assistant Director - Shaun Schouten
Jury - Larry Eschner Mark Gregson Robert Gassman

2. Entry: To be made as per entry form.
Entry fees include – Camping site, maps, task notes and
photographs.

3. Awards and Prizes: Award, Prize and Certificate to first place in each Class.
Prize and Certificate to second and third place in each
class.

Certificate of Merit to all competitors.
Floating Trophy to overall winner.

4. Class and event viability: For a champion to be recognized there must
be at least 4 competitors per class and the
winning competitor must have completed at
least 80% of the tasks flown.

5. Registration upon arrival: Tues 7 & 8th Sept. 2010, 13h00 – 21h00 and
07h00-21h00 respectively.
- Documentation to be validated as per entry form.
- Weighing of AC (Empty mass).
- Technical inspection and quarantine

6. Crew Qualification and substitution: Competitors shall be regarded as
competent unless deemed otherwise,
at any stage during events, by the
ED. Participants shall not be
substituted.

7. AC and Equipment: Competing AC and associated equipment shall be regarded
as airworthy unless deemed otherwise, at any stage during
events, by the ED. Removal or the adding of any equipment
will not be allowed after the registration quarantine
process. AC may not be substituted.

8. Complaints and Protests: Dissatisfaction will be heard without delay.
Objections to provisional score sheets are to be
lodged within 120 minutes after time of score
presentation. Further appeal is to adjudicated by
the appointed Jury, with the subsequent judgment
deemed as final.

9. Briefings: WX information, law compliance and time & place of briefings
will be posted on the designated notice board, with WX
information updates made prior to each task handout. All flying
operations will take place in accordance to SACAA Regulation.

10. Test Flying: Test flying is prohibited without the consent of the ED and the
deck is out of bounds unless a task is in progress.

11. Airmanship: Hazardous non-compliance will be subjected to a 5% overall
score penalty as deemed necessary by the ED, without grounds for
appeal.

Thermal-sharing shall be conducted in the same direction as that of
the initial AC.
Any non-scheduled out-landing will warrant a zero task score.
Any form of dishonest conduct, as deemed so by the ED, will
warrant disqualification, dismissal and subsequent banning.

12. Task Periods: Take-off times, take-off windows and last landing times
will be displayed on the notice board. Task suspensions or
cancellations shall be conducted with consideration to
unfair benefit as deemed by the ED.

13. Task Disciplines:
Navigation – Flight planning from Geometric, True or Magnetic
presented information.
- Accuracy of flying a straight or curved course/s in
prevailing conditions.
- Maintaining a predicted Ground Speed (GS)
- Expected Time of Arrivals prediction (ETA)
- In-flight deviation.
Observation – Accurate ground feature recognition and locating.
Fuel Economy – Flying for Range
- Flying for Endurance
- Consumption prediction
Precision Flight – Short-field take-off and landing.
- Precision landing without power.
- Obstacle clearance during take-off and landing.
- Precision timed circuits.
- Flying at low and high speeds

14. Emergencies: Competitors landing to assist others in the event of a legitimate
emergency shall be exempt of penalty.

15. Quarantine: An AC in quarantine may only be accessed with the the ED’s
permission. Communication between different AC crew members
in the quarantine area is prohibited.

16. Timing: All times are local time presented in hours, minutes and

seconds.



17. Fuelling: Fuel will be measured by weight, with pre and post flight fuel-cap

seal validation.



18. Flight Recording: All AC shall carry an approved Flight Recorder (FR) as a

primary record, recording at two second intervals. A

secondary FR or sealed GPS may be used in the event of

primary FR failure and is to be supplied by the Crew with

it’s necessary data transfer cables and software.

It remains the Crew/s responsibility to ensure function and

capability of all FR’s.



19. Score Zone: The score zone is within a 200m radius cylinder of infinite height,

centered on a fix or on a line connecting two sequential course

fixes. Complaints about the miss-positioning of a score zone will

not be accepted unless it can be shown that the actual fix is more

than 100m off position. Score zone times are taken immediately

before the crossing thereof.



20. Scoring: Scores are computed to the nearest whole number. All distances

measured with the aid of a map shall be rounded to the nearest

0,5Km. All distances measured within the deck shall be rounded to

nearest 0.1m.

Short field take-off: Winner’s distance x 250

Competitor’s distance

Short field landing: Winner’s distance x 250

Competitor’s distance

Turn point timing: Less one point per second error greater than

a five second deviation from the

competitor’s calculated time.

Photographs: To be marked/identified correctly on map template

within 2mm of the exact location with a 10mm long

permanent thin pen line perpendicular to the track.

Spot landings: Scored as per weighted zone within the deck.

Nil score for any wheel ‘out of deck’.

Negative scores will not be carried forward.

21. Definitions: Adjusted score: (Competitor’s score x 1000) - penalties

Winners score

Deck: Designated and graduated take-off and landing strip as per

appended drawings.

Deck take-off: A/C main wheels to be placed on deck threshold

line as start of rolling point.

DNF Did not finish.

DSP Dispute pending.

DSQ Disqualified.

F.P: Finish point. Turn point at which timed navigation and

photograph/locator observation ends.

G.S: Ground speed as nominated by competitor prior to take-off

and specified in kilometers per hour.

Map template: Scaled carbon copy of task map upon which

photographs/locators are to be marked. This

template is to be handed to an official within 10

minutes after having completed the task landing.

‘Out of deck’: Any A/C wheel completely outside of the deck

boundary lines is considered out of the deck.

Overhead: 1000ft a.g.l. directly overhead the centre of the

graduated zone of the deck.

S.P: Starting Point. Turn point at which timed navigation begins

after which no 90 degree track deviation will be accepted

and observation of photographs/locators begin.



Short field landing: Landing to clear a 1m high barrier tape

obstacle placed at a distance of six meters in

front of the deck approach threshold and to

stop in the shortest distance possible within

the deck.

Short field take off: Deck take-off to clear a 1m high barrier tape

obstacle placed at a distance nominated by

competitor.

Spot landing: Precision engine-off landing to touch down within

the graduated zone of the deck with both main

landing wheels grounded and to come to a halt

within the deck.



22. Penalties:

Grounds for disqualification –

Hostility of any form,

Use of banned substances,

Unauthorised AC or equipment interference,

Dangerous flying,

Flight attempted, or otherwise, with prohibited equipment,

Unauthorised task assistance,

Any form of activity, as so deemed by the ED and Jury that may

jeopardise the event.

Short field take-off: Nil score for making contact with barrier tape.

‘Out of deck’ take-off: Nil score for take-off.

Photographs: Less 100 points marking a photograph/locator within a

margin of error great than 5mm.

‘Out of deck’ landing: Nil score for landing.

Spot landing: Less 20% of landing score for ‘power on’ approach

once overhead the deck or beyond.

Late starts – More than 60 seconds will warrant a 10% task score

penalty and A/C is to take-off at the rear of the queue.



23. Technical:

Range – An AC range of > 200Km (Still air) is required.

AC unable to taxi out of the deck unassisted after a landing shall be

penalized with zero score for that landing, unless the task is of an

endurance nature.

Take-off weight – AC empty weight, fuel, crew and supplementary

equipment.

Ground features – Photographs depict ground objects captured in the

direction of the task course, from approx. 300ft agl, 45

degrees ahead and within a 200m radius of the route.

Markers, capital letters of the English alphabet,

consist of 4 x 0.8m white vinyl sections.

The wearing of helmets during flight is mandatory.

Fuel tanks and excessive fuel lines/systems (fuel lines/systems as so

deemed by the ED) are to be drained completely prior to re-fueling for

all fuel endurance tasks.

Score sheets shall indicate the following:

Date, Task Name, Task number, Time of issue, Class,

Crew/s name and number, Score, objections (Lodge time,

Details of complaint, Resolution time, Details of resolution,

Adjudicators, Provisional/Final)

Errors on behalf of the ED’s flight analysis equipment,

software, methodology or officers will be rectified

regardless of time limits for protests.



24. Event layout: As per Heidelberg AD AIP .



TASK CATALOGUE

Day 1 (Morning) – ‘Tuning in’

Objective: Precision take-off and landing with obstacles,

Six-leg navigation (145km), one arc leg, one high and one

low speed leg with 10 Photographs en route.

Day 1 (Afternoon) – ‘Endurance’

Objective: Precision take-off and landing with obstacles,

Endurance with limited fuel.



Day 2 (Morning) – ‘Navigation’

Objective: Precision take-off and landing with obstacles,

Seven-leg navigation, three arc legs with in-flight deviation

with 10 photographs,

Precision timed-circuit out-landing.

Day 2 (Afternoon) – ‘Range’

Objective: Precision take-off and landing with obstacles,

Multi-leg turnpoint seek in limited time.



Day 3 (Morning) – ‘Teaser’

Objective: Le-Mans start,

Precision take-off and landing with obstacles,

Fuel prediction navigation in limited time.

Day 3 (Afternoon) – ‘Speed’

Objective: Precision take-off and timed-circuit landing with obstacles.

High and low speed navigation with 10 photographs.



Day 4 (Morning) – ‘Spots’

Objective: Precision take-off and timed-circuit landing with obstacles,

Precision take-off and landing with obstacles.

(Double session)

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ENTRY FORM

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL MICROLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS

7-12 SEPTEMBER 2010, HEIDELBURG AIRFIELD

(Completed form to be faxed to 011 933 3195)

Name of Competitor........... ...........

Name of Club/Airfield ........... ...........

Mobile Tel. No........... E-mail...........

Age ................ Aero Club Number .........................

Name of next of kin .......................................... Relationship .....................................................

Contact Tel. Number of next of kin .....................................................................

Medical Aid Insurer .......................................... Membership Number.......................................

Blood group ................. Allergies................................................................................................

Class (Tick if applicable):

Three axis – Solo .... Three axis - Dual p.i.c. .... Three axis navigator ....

Weight-Shift Solo .... Weight-Shift Dual p.i.c. .... Weight-Shift Dual navigator ....

Aircraft Registration ......................Type .........................................

Estimated tank endurance .......(hrs)

Estimated fuel consumption (for max. Range) ........(l/hr)

Estimated Cruise TAS .........(km/hr)

Estimated Min. Straight and level TAS ..........(km/hr)

Estimated Max. Straight and level TAS .........(km/hr)

Total engine time ...........(hrs)

Engine Horse-Power rating ............(hp)



I wish to enter as a competitor and qualify under the FAI Rules (GS 3.7);

v.i.z: am a holder of a valid National Pilot‘s Licence if acting as Pilot in Command,

am a paid-up member of MISASA if acting as Pilot in Command,

my aircraft has a valid Authority to Fly,

my entry fee of R450.00 has been paid on ......./........./2010.

I declare that the above information is true and correct:



Signed : ...........

Print Name ........... Date ............................

FEES/REGISTRATION (For office use)




Fee


Paid(Date)


Method of payment

Entry


R450.00





















































Remittance to: MISASA

Standard Bank

Acc. No: 421952326

SPRINGS

Branch code: 012142

(Fax proof of payment to 011 933 3195)

PLEASE USE YOUR NAME FOLLOWED BY comp AS A REFERENCE UPON REMITTANCE!!



Note : The closing date for the receipt of the entry fees is 31 August 2010.

Late entries will not be accepted.





Competition Director: Mervyn Reynolds 0737637510

Assistant Director: Shaun Schouten 0826519290



Email: reynolds.mervyn@yahoo.com
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