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03 - Residual Amount of Fuel

Proposal from

Wojtek DOMAŃSKI (POL)

Proposal title

03 - Residual amount of fuel in paramotor economy tasks

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FAI Sporting Code - Section 10 - 2017 ANNEX 3 – PART 3, PARAMOTORS

3.2.3 FUEL MEASUREMENT
Fuel will be measured by weight or volume but will be consistent for any given refueling session. Refuelling will be in the order and in accordance with the instructions given at briefing. Failure of the aircraft to be present on time may result in a penalty for the pilot.
Competitors must be able to demonstrate that their entire fuel system is empty.

FAI Sporting Code - Section 10 - 2017 ANNEX 4 – PART 3, PARAMOTORS

3.B1. PURE ECONOMY
[...]
Special rules:
-­ Free take-­off within the time window.
-­ Departure from a view of the marshals or egress from the permitted flight area will incur penalties.
-­ Land outside the airfield boundary: Score zero. Land inside the airfield boundary but outside the deck: 20%
penalty.


3.B3 ECONOMY & NAVIGATION
[...]
Special rules:
-­ Outlanding: Score zero.


3.B4. ECONOMY & PRECISION
[...]
Special rules:
-­ The pilot scores 300 bonus points for a clean take off at the first attempt, 200 for the second, 100 for the third,
zero for any attempts thereafter.
-­ Departure from view of the marshals or egress from the permitted flight area will incur penalties.
-­ When landing, If the pilot elects to switch off his engine at least 5m above a marker and:
Makes a first touch on the marker: Landing bonus: 200 points
If the pilot elects to not switch off his engine and:
Makes a first touch on the marker: Landing bonus: 50 points
-­ If the pilot falls over as a result of the landing: zero landing bonus.
-­ If the pilot obstructs another competitor attempting to land at a landing marker penalties will apply.

3.B5 SPEED TRIANGLE AND OUT AND RETURN
[...]
Special rules:
-­ Land out before completing part 1: Score zero.
-­ Land out before completing part 2: Score zero for part 2.
-­ Failure to takeoff or land entirely in the deck: 20% penalty.

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FAI Sporting Code - Section 10 - 2017 ANNEX 3 – PART 3, PARAMOTORS

3.2.3 FUEL MEASUREMENT
Fuel will be measured by weight or volume but will be consistent for any given refueling session. Refuelling will be in the order and in accordance with the instructions given at briefing. Failure of the aircraft to be present on time may result in a penalty for the pilot.
Competitors must be able to demonstrate that their entire fuel system is empty.
Competition director decides for each economy task about the amount of fuel allowed for the aircraft in each class, as well as about a residual amount of fuel which the crew is obliged to bring back to the airfield (e.g. 0.5 kg for PF1/PL1, 1.0 kg for PF2/PL2).
Aircrafts have to have the fueling system constructed the way, which makes possible measuring the residual amount of fuel brought back from an economy task.
If a crew is not able to demonstrate that amount of fuel remaining in the aircraft after completing the economy task is not less than expected residual, the crew is scored zero - analogically to landing outside the airfield.

FAI Sporting Code - Section 10 - 2017 ANNEX 4 – PART 3, PARAMOTORS

3.B1. PURE ECONOMY
[...]
Special rules:
-­ Free take-­off within the time window.
-­ Departure from view of the marshals or egress from the permitted flight area will incur penalties.
-­ Land outside the airfield boundary or bringing less fuel then specified residual amount: Score zero.
- Land inside the airfield boundary but outside the deck: 20%
penalty.


3.B3 ECONOMY & NAVIGATION
[...]
Special rules:
-­ Outlanding or bringing less fuel then specified residual amount: Score zero.


3.B4. ECONOMY & PRECISION
[...]
Special rules:
-­ The pilot scores 300 bonus points for a clean take off at the first attempt, 200 for the second, 100 for the third,
zero for any attempts thereafter.
-­ Departure from view of the marshals or egress from the permitted flight area will incur penalties.
-­ When landing, If the pilot elects to switch off his engine at least 5m above a marker and:
Makes a first touch on the marker: Landing bonus: 200 points
If the pilot elects to not switch off his engine and:
Makes a first touch on the marker: Landing bonus: 50 points
-­ If the pilot falls over as a result of the landing: zero landing bonus.
-­ If the pilot obstructs another competitor attempting to land at a landing marker penalties will apply.
- bringing less fuel then specified residual amount not bringing fuel deposit: Score zero.


3.B5 SPEED TRIANGLE AND OUT AND RETURN
[...]
Special rules:
-­ Land out before completing part 1: Score zero.
-­ Land out before completing part 2 or bringing less fuel then specified residual amount: Score zero for part 2.
-­ Failure to takeoff or land entirely in the deck: 20% penalty.

Reason

In paramotor economy tasks (3.B1, 3.B3, 3.B4, 3.B5) pilot/crew is expected to fly back to the airfield. Pilot/crew is scored zero for landing out of the airfield. Despite the severe penalty outlandings do happen due to the competitive spirit, and they create several issues for pilots and organizers:

  • a logistic problem for the team to collect pilot(s) and aircraft, and bring back to the airfield (especially difficult for small teams),
  • safety issue which might arise due to landing in unprepared areas,
  • a problem for organizers to supervise each of the cases
  • “geographical” problems like landings on private properties surrounded by fences, or on active pastures.

The above-mentioned issues are especially severe for trikes, and for tandems. However, since FAI competitions are held all over the world, it is easy to make a mistake when evaluating the safety of an accidental landing spot outside of the airfield, due to differences in fauna, flora, culture, property rights, etc.

The proposal aims to reduce the number of out landings by imposing on pilot/crew the condition to bring a residual amount of fuel back to the airfield. The residual amount shall be specified by competition director along with the allowed amount of fuel for each class (e.g. 0.5 kg for PF1/PL1, 1.0 kg for PF2/PL2).

The residual fuel requirement has successfully been implemented in economy tasks of a microlight classes for several years.


Added by Wojtek Domański Last edited by Wojtek Domański on 10 Oct, 2017 07:41. Quick links: http://wiki.fai.org/x/AgAOAg or 03 - Residual Amount of Fuel
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