Event Info.

Local Regulations

These local regulations are to be used in conjunction with the most recent versions of:

  • General Section of the FAI Sporting Code.
  • Common Section 7 of the FAI Sporting Code.
  • Section 7A of the FAI Sporting Code.
  • CIVL GAP-CEntralizes cross-country competition scoring for hang gliding and paragliding.


1. PROGRAM DATES

3 April 2019

Arriving day of all pilots

14.00 - 15.00 : Press Release at Sikhio Town Municipality

4 April 2019

13.00 -18.00 : Registration (Green View Place)

15.00 -18.00 : Equipment inspection

19.00 : Mandatory Briefing

5 – 9 April 2019

08.00 : Transportation to Take off area (Green View Place)

10.00 : Pilots/Task briefing

11.00 – 17.00 : Competition

10 April 2019

08.00 : Transfer to Take off area (Green View Place)

10.00 : Pilots briefing

11.00 - 15.00 : Competition

17.00 - 20.00 : Prizing Giving and Closing ceremony (Bueng Sikhio Public Park)

Typical Daily Schedule on training and competition days.

06.30 – Headquarters Open

08.00 - 09.30 – Transportation to take off area

10.00 – Pilots/Task briefing at take off area

11.00 – Take off window opens (Depending on the actual weather conditions)

15.00 – Scoring office opens

17.00 – Landing Deadline

18.30 – Scoring office close

19.30 – Provisional results (Depending on the last pilot being retrieved)

2. General Information

Location: Khao Sadao, Ampher Sikiew, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand

Take off:

La:14.9184614893456

Lo: 101.603104175299

Altitude:489m Asl


Landing Zone:

La:14.9112457963579

Lo:101.603190005988

Altitude: 309m Asl


Wind Direction: SW-S-SE

5. DISCIPLINES

Category - Overall

6. ENTRY

This event is open to all pilots from any country which an FAI member.

The maximum number of pilot in the competition are 100 pilots.

7. REGISTRATION

Applications must be made through the website: https://sites.google.com/view/xc-khao-sadao/home

Starting from March 1, 2019 and finished on April 1, 2019.

Online registration can be done at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Md2pcWVDd6Vx8WW0Bn79SPNxLdpSnpHvFhj_zjCxR-Q/prefill

8. ENTRY FEE AND PAYMENT

The Entry fee for the competition will be:

By Bank Transfer is THB 10,000 or EURO 280 per pilot (Bank fee should be charged to sender)

By PayPal is THB 10,500 ( Included PayPal fee)


(After money transfer please send a deposit slip by e-mail to: khaosadao@gmail.com Attn: Ms. Fuse). The deadline is April 1st, 2019 and it is No Refundable.

PayPal

Entry Fee can be transferred to:

Bank Name: THAI MILITARY BANK

Branch: ROYAL THAI AIRFORCE HEADQUARTERS

Account Name: ROYAL AERONAUTIC SPORTS ASSOCIATION OF THAILAND (RASAT)

Account No: 057-2-36941-1

Bank Code: TMBKTHBK (Swift Code)

Entry fee Includes:

    • Color map of task area showing take-off, turn points and landing fields
    • Pilot ID card and safety/contact information
    • Transportation to take off and retrieve on the main routes for all competition days
    • Upload of turn point with GPS coordinates
    • GPS tracking-Log download
    • Live tracking services
    • Lunch Package, water for all competition days
    • Event T-shirt
    • Medal
    • FAI CIVL Ranking
    • Emergency rescue and first aid medical service

9. REGISTRATION

Entry forms will be completed, checked and signed during the registration process.

Registration according to S7A-2.4


Each competitor will requested to present:

  • Valid Pilot License
  • Valid FAI Sporting License
  • IPPI ParaPro 4 -5 Only
  • Signing a waiver of release of liability document
  • Insurance
  • Prove of payment for Entry fee

10. INSURANCE

Documentary proof of personal insurance for pilots must be presented to the organisers at registration. It shall comprise:

    • A valid insurance certificate, in English, covering public liability risk to the value of at least 5,000 Euros.
    • A Personal accident/hospitalisation/repatriation to home country insurance to the value of at least 5,000 Euros.


Important Note: The organisers cannot provide insurance during registration for pilots who have not got their own insurance. It is therefore essential that all pilots must organise their insurance for the competition before their arrival.

11. EQUIPMENT

All equipment must comply with Section 7A-4 and 8, and CIVL GAP

Smartphone and SIM Cards.

In additional all pilots are required to have an open smartphone that can accept local SIM cards.

All pilots must prepare their own Local SIM card and advise your local phone number when registration.

12. COMMITTEES

Task Advisory Committee (TAC) The Task Advisory Committee will include 3 pilots.

Safety Committee (SC) The Safety Committee will include 3 pilots.

These will be elected at Mandatory Briefing on April 4th, 2019

13. REST DAY

No Rest Day

14. LAUNCH

Launch System

Free access though a gate to multiple starting points at the take-off, will be the main launch system in use during this competition. Helpers, serving each starting point, will be available on the take-off. If necessary or, if requested by the task Committee, and accepted by the Meet Director, and ordered launch method might be used.

Wind Speeds at launch

No task will be set with an average wind speed above 8 m/s at launch.

Wind speed will be determined by the Meet Director or Safety Director using their own devices.

No other measurement will be considered as officials.

Relaunch

A competitor will be allowed to perform one take-off accountable for ranking in a particular task. A failed take-off attempy or a safety problem arising immediately after take-off which results in a landing in a proximily (to be determined by the Meet Director) or on the take-off itself will not count as on take-off.

In case of technical problems immediately after pilot’s take off, he/she may ask permission (usually though his/her radio on the Safety Frequency) from the Meet Director to land at the take-off and to relaunch again. If this case occurs, pilots must report to and get approval from the Take-off Marshall before second launch.

15. AIRSPACE AND OTHER RESTRICTIONS

There are some airspace and altitude limitation and will be brief during mandatory briefing on April 4th , 2019

The Safety Director will be in constant contact with the Civial Aviation Authorities,

In case of non-scheduled, emergency or other flying activities in the area of the competition, happening within the time frame when task for that particular day might be flown, information about any limitation or restricted areas will be given at the Task Briefing.

16. GOAL

There will be no goal specific rules.

Goal line, virtual or physical, as well as goal cylinder, may be used as a goal.

17. PRE – FLYER AND FREE FLYERS

Free flyers won’t be allowed during the competition date. Official wind-dummies will take-off by the request of the Meet Director and will not fly the task route.

18. LIFE TRACKING

The organization will provide to all pilots equipment for the Live Tracking (LTD: devices for

real-time tracking) to be used in each task. These devices will be used to increase safety,

achieve significant media impact and to improve recovery services pilots.

The device will also be used as the primary source for scoring.

Every morning pilots will receive their LTD turned on, as they register for flying. They have to keep it with them during the flight, always turned on, and they will give back it at the headquarters, during the daily track check.

The organization will be responsible for charging all LTDs and deliver them to the pilots every flying day.

The pilots, upon receipt of their LTD will be responsible for the proper use and maintenance of it, making sure it is turned on during the flight and returning to the organization at the end of each task.

In case of loss or damage of the LTD, will be asked to pilot the full compensation of damages, amounting to 200.00 €.

19. SCORING

The primary source of scoring is Live Tracking logs, any other source can be used only as backup.


Scoring formula parameters will be published at the web site and printed on the information

boards.

GAP parameters will be discussed and determined at the first Team Leaders’ briefing.

They will be published on the Task Board at the first official task briefing.

The GPS map datum is WGS 84 and the coordinate format to be used is UTM.

The maximum number of pilots scoring for the team is 2 as per CIVL GAP document.

20. COMPLAINTS AND PROTESTS

If the provisional results are published before 10 pm, complaints must be submitted before 8:45 am the next day. If the provisional results are published after 10 pm, complaints must be submitted before 10:00 the next day.

For the last competition task, complaints must be submitted at the latest 1 hour after the publication of the provisional results.

The time of the publication of results is the time the results are posted on the results board at headquarters. Complaints will be dealt with expeditiously.

Decisions made by Meet Director are retroactive and may change the results of a particular task affected by the complaint’s content.

Pilots will be informed on pending complaints during the task briefings.

If the complainant is not satisfied with the outcome, a protest may be made to the Meet

Director, preferably by the Team leader, in writing in English, within 12 hours of the result of the complaint being published at the main Headquarters. For the last competition task, protests must be submitted within 1 hour after the result of the complaint is published at the main Headquarters.

The protest fee is 50 Euros, it will be returned if the protest is upheld.

Complaint and protest deadlines are extended 24 hours if they are occurring on a rest day.

All pilots are encouraged to read Section 7 before making a complaint or a protest.

21. PRIZES

OVERALL

1st : 5,000 THB

2nd : 3,000 THB

3rd : 2,000 THB