2009 Competition Rules
The 2009 Competition rules are now available for download or printing.This is a provisional version as some details still need to be set by the PWCA Committee
(e.g. Altitude control,...).
Please make sure that you've downloaded the last version.
Thank you for your understanding.
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2008 Main changes in the rules PWC
Rules Here is a short summary of the main changes in the 2008 rules:
○ 2.5 / Number of participants: The number of organizer wildcards has been reduced to 5
(it used to be 7).
○ 3.1 / Permit to fly: they are now valid until December 31st of the current year
○ 3.2 / Communication equipment / Radios : pilots can now be grounded if they do not folow
the rules about radio
○ 15.1 / Task evidence - Source: IGC files are now accepted if they are digitally signed by
the GPS unit itself.
○ 15.6 / Mandatory track-log: in order to benefit from leading bonus points, it is recommended
to the pilots to have their full flight recorded.
○ 15.9 / GPS Models: USB based GPS are only accepted if they comply with the USB
Mass Storage standard and IGC file format.
○ 16.2 / Penalties: no or bad number on glider 100 points penalty per task
Changes in selections : The nation class table is now made using the first 3 pilots who scored in any World Cup event and the last FAI World Championship. The nation rating is computed with a factor of 2 for World Cup based results and 1 for FAI based results and the sum is scaled to 1000 points as before. These changes have been made to be fair with countries with pilots not taking part to all World Cup events. The result is here below:
Class 0
• World Cup Overall ranking 2007
Class 1
• World Cup Overall ranking 2006
• World Cup Events 2007 – 2008 with at least 2000 points sum for the task winners
• 2007 League & Championships : SWITZERLAND
Class 2
• World Cup Events 2007 – 2008 with at least 1000 points sum for the task winners
• 2007 League & Championships : FRANCE, CZECH REP., SLOVENIA, ITALY, AUSTRIA
• FAI World Championship 2007 (Australia)
Class 3
• World Cup Events 2006
• (World Cup Events 2007 – 2008 with less than 1000 points sum for the task winners)
• Pre-World Cups 2007: Italy (Vicenza & Poggio Bustone), Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Reunion Island, Peru
• Pre-World Cup 2008: Venezuela
• 2007 League & Championships : GERMANY, USA, KOREA, NORWAY, SPAIN, JAPAN (JPA)
• FAI Panamerican Championships 2008
• FAI European Championships 2006
• Nordic Open 2007
Class 4
• Pre-World Cups 2007: Colombia
• 2007 League & Championships : UK, RUSSIA, POLAND, INDIA, ARGENTINA, BRAZIL
• FAI Pre Worlds in Mexico 2008
• All Africa Open 2007
Class 5
• 2007 League & Championships : JAPAN (JHF), NETHERLANDS, AUSTRALIA, TURKEY, MEXICO, VENEZUELA, SWEDEN, MACEDONIA, BELGIUM, NEW ZEALAND, DENMARK, GREECE, CANADA, SOUTH AFRICA, CHILE, BULGARIA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC, PORTUGAL
Class 6
• 2007 League & Championships : HUNGARY, IRAN, LITUANIA, CROATIA, INDONESIA, FINLAND, COLOMBIA, KAZAKHSTAN, MOLDOVA (REPUBLIC OF)
Class 7 : any other country
Any League or Championships results based on only one task result, are devaluated by one class.
Rules 2007 are applied until rules 2008 are published.
2007 Competition Rules
The main changes for 2007 are:
○ 2.2 & 4 - Tasks scored on less than 1000 pts are now used for World Cup ranking, discards still counted only on 1000pts tasks
○ 3.1 - Permit to fly: new definition of prototype gliders (produced in less than 10 pieces)
○ 3.2 - stricter rules about mandatory radios (to improve safety)
○ 12.2 - Report back : more explicit explanations and penalties for no or late report back (safety)
○ 19.3 - Minor change in the scoring formula to have non linear distance points. The greater effect will be in tasks with no or few pilots in goal.
All changes are indicates as usual in the table of content.
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