Director’s note: Task 6 (kicking sticks) was abandoned so this task, although published as task 7, was scored as task 6.

TASK 7

· This task is as tasks B2 & C6 in the task catalogue

· 2 litres fuel

· Photography not required

· Briefing: 06:30 27 May

· Takeoff order: Reverse current championship standing.

· First takeoff: To be briefed.

· Fuelling order: See notice board

ECONOMY & DISTANCE WITH A SHORT TAKE OFF

Objective

To take off from the deck over a fence with a given quantity of fuel, fly as many laps as possible around a course not exceeding 1Km in length and land on another deck.

Special rules for takeoff

A fence 2m high and 10m long is manoeuvred into a position of pilot choice.

When takeoff permission is granted, pilots takes off and tries to fly over the fence. Maximum distance of pilot’s feet on the ground to the fence is scored.

- If the pilot’s feet have not left the ground and the line of the fence is not reached at the first attempt then one second attempt is permitted.

- Zero fence score for breaking the fence, weaving or flying round the side of the fence.

Special rules for economy

- See map for course.

- The course may be more than one lap long, see map. Pilots may land at any finish deck.

- Exceeding the briefed height limitations or failure to round a pylon does not score that lap.

- If the pilot or any part of his PPG touches the ground during the task and takes off again, score zero.

- Failure to land in a landing deck: 20% penalty.

- Land outside the airfield boundary or go back across the “lines of no return”: Zero score.

Scoring

Pilot score =

Where:

Lp = The number of whole laps completed by the pilot

Lmax = The maximum number of whole laps achieved in the task.

Fmin = The shortest distance in metres for a takeoff over the fence

Fp = The pilot’s takeoff distance to clear the fence.

The following, with a hand-drawn map of the course was published in a short briefing immediately before the task started:

The course is ONE lap long

Exceeding the briefed height limitations or failure to round a pylon or flying over the landing deck does not score that lap.

- If the pilot or any part of his PPG touches the ground during the task and takes off again, score zero.

- Failure to land in a landing deck: 20% penalty.

Land outside the airfield boundary or go back across the “line of no return”: Zero score.