Wednesday 23 rd

 

TASK 8

 

Navigation

 

Objective :

To do a given course validating a number of turnpoints, then return to the landing deck in a minimum of time without having initialy prepared the course.

 

Rules :

The first fifteen pilots of the general classification must be ready to take off. At this time they will receive the map on which the turn points will be indicated. The time starts from the moment they receive the map and the pilots have 15 minutes to take off.

 

With the exit of these 15 minutes the same procedure will be applied

for the 16 others pilots and those will also have 15 minutes to take off.

 

A photos of all the turn points must be taken, in the order chosen by the pilot himself.  The sector of the photograph is always taken in direction of take off by respecting an angle of 90°.

 

All pilots have to stand close to their PPG and cannot communicate with anybody. No assistance is authorized.

 

Scoring :

 

1000 Pts  x minimum time

                  pilot time

Penalties :

Course uncomplete : 0

Photograph out of the sector : 0

Take off after the 15 minutes allowed : 0

Landing in the official PPG field but out of the deck : - 20%

Outside of the field : score = 0

 

Time limit to return to the landing deck : 2 hours after the take off