Usman Sailplane Grand Prix May 01 – 08, 2016 Local Procedures This document adapts the General Procedures of the IGC Grand Prix rules to our local operation considering the experience, the relationship with the community and the environment.

A. Competition 1. Classes: For this competition only Jantar Standard 1, 2, 3 gliders are allowed. 2. Water ballast is not permitted. Airfield details

Usman (Sharshki), UUOU Airfield information: http://maps.aopa.ru/#lon/39.411678/lat/52.007521/z/11/ll/a/bl/gm/p/1249/mode/r

N052.01'42” E039.40'06” Elevation 161m AMSL Frequency: 120,650 MHz Time schedule 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Publishing of final list of accepted pilots Announcement of wild card Unofficial Training Official Training and registration Presentation competitors First opening briefing Contest flying Public day Prize Giving Ceremony and dinner

30.03.16 15.04.16 25.04 - 27.04.16 28.04 - 30.04.16 30.04.16 30.04.16 01.05 - 08.05.16 TBA 08.05.16 18:00

Competition officials

Competition director: Referee: Task setting: Meteorologist: Scorer team:

Sergey Ryabchinskiy Wojciech Batog Aleksandr Nitovskyi Ivan Kravchenko, V.Elmer Vladimir Karsakov, Lada Balamut

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Website:

http://www.sgp.aero/russia2016.aspx https://www.facebook.com/SGP2016Russia/

Email

[email protected]

Head of the organizing committee: Sergey Ryabchinskiy

B. Documents to be presented by the pilot at registration 1. Pilot:

a. b. c. d. e.

Valid glider pilot license. Valid medical certificate. Passport or ID. FAI Sporting license valid for 2016. Proof of personal medical insurance. Personal medical insurance is required for all team members, covering accidents and sickness, including any local hospital costs and the costs of transport back to the team member's home country. f. Complete Entry Form

2. Crew: a. Proof of personal medical insurance. 3. Sailplane: a. Certificate of Airworthiness or Permit to Fly b. Certificate of Registration c. Logbook C. Technical requirements 1. Scrutineering a. Scrutineering will be conducted in the hangars or tie-down area from the 28 to 30 of April 2016. 2. List of instruments that must be removed or disabled No cloud flying is permitted. All instruments providing the ability to cloud fly must be removed or disabled, specially including: i. Any type of artificial horizon. ii. Gyro Instruments or other instruments permitting pilots to fly without visual reference to the ground (e.g., Bohli and Schanz compasses, turn and bank indicators). 3. There are no special requirement for high visibility markings 4. Gliders may be required to carry sponsor logos. This will be fixed prior to scrutineering and in the same position on all competing gliders. 5. Procedure for checking aircraft mass: Initial Weighing The organizers will initially provide the following weighing operation. The results of this operation will be recorded and made available to the pilot concerned: Local Procedures SGP Usman 2016

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a. Glider in take off condition, including any loose items such as batteries, thermos, drinks, tie-down equipment, additional clothing, etc b. Weight of the pilot with a parachute. This weight should comply with the “maximum cockpit weight”, which is 60 – 110 kg for Jantar Std gliders. c. Weight of the glider plus cockpit weight (pilot + parachute) should not exceed the maximum take off mass of the glider. d. Reference “main wheel weight” in “towing out” configuration with all removable equipment on board, including parachute and batteries. This reference weigh will be used as the limit for weighing on contest days. Selective weighing a. On some competition days, some of the gliders selectively might be weighed in the same “towing out” configuration with all removable equipment on board at the weighing point on their way to the grid. The main wheel weight determined by the scrutineers will be used as the reference weight. Gliders, which does not comply with their reference weight more than + 3\-3 kg, will be penalized. D. General Flying Procedure 1. Circling in thermals a. Left circling is mandatory before start is open. b. After start is open, circling pattern as per: i. Left within 10 km distance from the airfield (to be explained on briefing) ii. Any direction farther then 10km from the airfield 2. Units of measurement will be metric: a. Altitude in meters (m) b. Distance in meters (m) or kilometers (km) c. Speed in kilometers per hour (km/h) d. Vertical speed in meter per second (m/s) e. Mass in kilograms (kg) f. Temperature in degrees Celsius (ºC) 3. Frequency to be used a. Official frequency for Launch, Start , in flight, arrival, landing and safety frequency: 120.65 MHz. b. In case of safety and any other necessity, pilots can communicate with Voronezh CTR at frequency: 134.5 Mhz. c. Official frequency must be used during all flight. 4. Carriage of tracking units a. Tracking units will be supplied by the organization to selected pilots. Their use is mandatory. Selected pilots will be notified and the tracking units will be supplied by the organization the day before or at briefing before each task. b. A helicopter, drone or fixed wing aircraft may be used as a radio and data link platform and for media coverage. Pilots may request these aircrafts to move away but may not stop them sending and receiving data or taking imagery. E. Gridding 1. Organization of the grid. a. There will be a grid of 2 gliders (front) by 10 gliders (depth), centered on the glider takeoff runway of the airfield. b. Grid order will be announced each day by the organization. c. Ground Crew Team will assist gliders with the launch. Local Procedures SGP Usman 2016

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d. The movement of crews and vehicles on the airfield will be coordinated through the Ground Safety Officer. F. Launch procedure 1. Self launch: a. self launch procedures are not applicable. All gliders must launch on aero tow. 2. Release a. There will be 2 release areas depending on runway in use as shown on the next figures: b. Release will be at 700 m over the airfield (860m MSL) in the release area. c. Release signal will be the rocking of the wings of the tow plane. d. Once released, the glider must turn left and upon visual confirmation of release, the tow plane will turn right. 3. Re-launch a. Re-launches will be available if the glider lands at the Usman airfield. b. Re-launch will be conducted as stated in the SGP Rules number 7.2.1 (version 7). G. Finish Procedure 1. Arrival announcement a. Arrivals must be announced on the official arrival frequency 120.65 MHz at Mandatory Reporting point (or at 5km from the finish point in case of no valid task). b. The call required is “[call sign] 5km out. Direct landing \ Speed finish”. 2. Finish procedures a. Direct landing must be done according to landing schemas depending on runway in use b. Speed finishers will make left or right pattern depending on the runway in use. Direction of the pattern will be announced on the briefing. c. All finishes must be done in the following way: i. All the way between the reporting point and the finish line should be above 190 m QNH. ii. At least 190 m QNH (to be confirmed at briefing) when crossing the finish line. iii. The altitude used for this calculation (and penalties) will be the lowest altitude indicated by the scoring software between the Mandatory reporting point and the finish line. iv. Penalty for flying below the minimum according to the rules (2016 – 2017 version 7th series SGP). d. Pilots must make long landing. Changing direction while landing or rolling are considered as hazardous maneuvers and will be penalized. e. Ground Crew Team will be ready to retrieve gliders from the airfield immediately after landing. f. The movement of crews and vehicles on the airfield will be coordinated through the Ground Safety Officer. H. Outlanding 1. Telephone number of the outlanding office a. Contact details for outlandings will be provided at the first briefing. b. Outlandings must be reported by the pilot or crew to the organizers as soon as practical. Local Procedures SGP Usman 2016

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2. Outlanding form (information to be provided) a. Outlanding forms will be provided during registration and/or briefings. The information required will include: registration, pilot name, time of landing, coordinates (lat/lon) of the landing position and number of turn points rounded. I. Scoring 1. Delay for handling of flight documents a. The IGC file must be handed in by the competitor as soon as practicable, but not later than 30 minutes after landing. b. Outlanding forms must be handed in by the competitors as soon as possible. 2. Handling of IGC files in electronic form IGC files must be handled by each pilot in any of the following electronic means: i. By uploading the igc file to the official server on any of the provided PCs. ii. In a pen drive (memory stick) or memory card (SD or Compact Flash). J. Protests 1. Amount of protest fees Protest fees will be 50 euro. In case of a favorable judgment from the referee the protest fee will be returned to the pilot. K. Other

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Airfield facilities scheme:

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Runway and re-landing:

Grid schemas:

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Towing scheme and release area:

Landing and taxing procedures RW12:

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Landing and taxing RW30:

Finish patterns RW30:

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Finish patterns RW12:

Reporting turn points:

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