2016-2 race – questions and answers

Things changed compared to first race, i outlined important changes here:

  • At start of race day all participants will be divided in groups of 4, in order of arrival and registration. Two hours for warm-up will be divided for registered participants (Not registered? You will have some time, but most likely – less compared to registered pilots – register here, so we can plan schedule) and we can start flying.
    You will have ~12 minutes for warm-up, so pick 2-3 batteries or copters. Warm-up results won’t influence final race/class/team results, but we will group pilots by their total lap amount (not time) and will remove pilots from race who fly unsafe or cannot complete lap due to technical reasons.
  • We will provide 2-3 tripods with 40ch 5.8G RX. You can use this equipment, or own equipment without limitations, only thing you need – connector from RCA to own video googles/HMD/screen. Spectators will have 2-3 additional screens with built-in 5.8G RX, so all frequencies should be covered too.
    Have in mind – if you can’t set any race frequency on your video equipment and you can’t use provided RX, and you can’t fit into your group due to frequency limitations – you won’t fly this time and result will be set to “0” (you still can fly with other groups).
    Tripods with equipment, RCA connector marked:
    rx
  • Comments about track:
    • Track height is limited with gates and flags. You need to fly at (or below) flag height on turns (max allowed height is approx 2x flag height – but this is gray zone already).
    • Total track length is ~2.5km, which is really easy task for most copters (example – 4″ inefficient copter flying 4km and there’s enough battery for 1km+) so fix your copter and track length won’t be a problem even for heavy and inefficient copters (except maybe vibrations – Damped Light + strong magnets on new motors may be real efficiency killer, so tune your copter).
      We will do practical test on 07.17 and will modify track layout and lap count if someone will have problems. Check for updates after next weekend.
  • Initial race sequence is a bit different, compared to previous race – you will get transponders earlier and there will be no warm-up before each race. So, in short:
    1. you are spectator – watching assigned pilot
    2. next group flying – you pick transponder (flying pilots have priority, so do not hurry) and prepare your equipment (do NOT power up your copter)
    3. your time – you power up copter, change frequency, test transponder ID on gate and go race

    This way you will have more time to prepare equipment and groups will fly faster.

Less than 2 weeks remaining until race – prepare your equipment and see you in a track!

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