Bicester Regionals 2010 Tasks 1 to 6

FS Set up and requirements.

The RW competitions all start from Bicester Aerodrome EGDD.

They were run from the 24th July to the 1st of August 2010. The UK VGA regional competitions are open throughtout the year in 2011 and for new members who join after 2011.

The Rules are quite simple, get around the competition course as fast as possible making good judgement on using the thermals available. The scoring will be based on the BGA ladder scoring system. http://www.bgaladder.co.uk/

Do not worry if you land out you will still get points up to your current position

All tasks will be taken from a Max Winch Height of 2000ft AGL, Use an appropriate runway to take-off into wind, once airbourne thermal up to height you feel comfortable with (upto cloudbase height) and then procede to one of the Bicester Start turnpoints to start the competition. The start time is already set in the saved flight within task package

Instructions on where to place the files are given in the zipped up task packages below.

After the competition task save your flight as an IGC file and submit your IGC to irogers@ukvga.org.uk

To give the competetion some credibility it is recommended that the tasks are flown in the order shown below and you should only make one entry per task.
Competitors only managing 25% of the task distance may attempt a second retry.

Rules
Gliders should be of the competition type, I.E. ASW28, Discus, DG808 Etc. A different glider can be used for each task if you wish.
The start is a line 10km wide centred on the Start TP and perpendicular to the straight line leg to the next TP.
The Max start height on all tasks is generally the max. thermal cloud base height.
Turnpoints in the course have to be rounded within 500m (0.5km) of the TP centre.
The finish line is a 600m (0.6km) radius centred on the Finish TP.

Bicester 2010 Regional Task 1

Task 1 Course
TP BIE Bicester East Turnpoint Photo BIE
TP DID Didcot Turnpoint Photo DID
TP PAP Papworth Turnpoint Photo PAP
TP BC1 Bicester Airfield Turnpoint Photo BC1
Length 214.4Km

FSX Bicester 2010 Regional Task 1 Package Download (423.21 Kb)
FS9 Bicester 2010 Regional Task 1 Package Download (1.86 Mb)

Met Info. The Weather will already be set up in the task package but is here for your information:
Wind 250/11
Cloudbase = 4200ft

Bicester 2010 Regional Task 2

Task 2 Course
TP BNW Bicester North West Turnpoint Photo BNW
TP ELK Elkstone Turnpoint Photo ELK
TP HOB Honeybourne Turnpoint Photo HOB
TP CAL Calvert Rail Junction Turnpoint Photo CAL
TP BC1 Bicester Airfield Turnpoint Photo BC1
Length 164.2Km

FSX Bicester 2010 Regional Task 2 Package Download (237.71 Kb)
FS9 Bicester 2010 Regional Task 2 Package Download (1.58 Mb)

Met Info. The Weather will already be set up in the task package but is here for your information.
Wind 296/11
Cloudbase = 5318ft

Bicester 2010 Regional Task 3

Task 3 Course
TP BNW Bicester North West Turnpoint Photo BNW
TP NPT Newport Pagnell Turnpoint Photo NPT
TP MAE Marlborough East Turnpoint Photo MAE
TP LA5 Lasham Start West Turnpoint Photo LA5
TP ILS Ilsley Turnpoint Photo ILS
TP WSL Winslow Turnpoint Photo WSL
TP BC1 Bicester Airfield Turnpoint Photo BC1
Length 290Km

FSX Bicester 2010 Regional Task 3 Package Download (320.16 Kb)
FS9 Bicester 2010 Regional Task 3 Package Download (2.24 Mb)

Met Info. The Weather will already be set up in the task package but is here for your information.
Wind 283/15
Cloudbase = 4600ft

Bicester 2010 Regional Task 4

Task 4 Course
TP BNW Bicester North West Turnpoint Photo BNW
TP ETT Ettington Turnpoint Photo ETT
TP CHN Chipping Norton Turnpoint Photo CHN
TP CAL Calvert Rail Junction Turnpoint Photo CAL
TP BC1 Bicester Airfield Turnpoint Photo BC1
Length 100.7Km

FSX Bicester 2010 Regional Task 4 Package Download (170.61 Kb)
FS9 Bicester 2010 Regional Task 4 Package Download (888.14 Kb)

Met Info. The Weather will already be set up in the task package but is here for your information.
Wind 312/12
Cloudbase = 4600ft

Bicester 2010 Regional Task 5

Task 5 Course
TP BIE Bicester East Turnpoint Photo BIE
TP OVE Overton Turnpoint Photo OVE
TP MAR Marlborough Turnpoint Photo MAR
TP BLY Bletchley Turnpoint Photo BLY
TP BC1 Bicester Airfield Turnpoint Photo BC1
Length 234Km

FSX Bicester 2010 Regional Task 5 Package Download (332.81 Kb)
FS9 Bicester 2010 Regional Task 5 Package Download (2.3 Mb)

Met Info. The Weather will already be set up in the task package but is here for your information.
Wind 280/12
Cloudbase = 4600ft

Bicester 2010 Regional Task 6

Task 6 Course
TP BNW Bicester North West Turnpoint Photo BNW
TP NLE Northleach Turnpoint Photo NLE
TP SHP Shipston-on-Stour Turnpoint Photo SHP
TP CAL Calvert Rail Junction Turnpoint Photo CAL
TP BC1 Bicester Airfield Turnpoint Photo BC1
Length 131.8Km

FSX Bicester 2010 Regional Task 6 Package Download (238.79 Kb)
FS9 Bicester 2010 Regional Task 6 Package Download (1.48 Mb)

Met Info. The Weather will already be set up in the task package but is here for your information.
Wind 267/08
Cloudbase = 4600ft