Briefing and flight of Wednesday 21/8 AM is cancelled due to unstable weather conditions.

General Briefing Notes

New PZ 11 and PZ 12

Dear competitors,

There are 2 new PZ' s we have added to the PZ-list.

Hereby you can find an update of the PZ-list.

In attachment you can find the wpt and rte-files

Regards,

Jonas Maes

Timetable

Dear competitors,

Attached you can find the timetable for this event.

Kind regards,

Jonas Maes

Example TDS

Dear competitors,

Attached you can find an example of a Task Data Sheet which will be used during this competition.

This example - simular as the TDS of the Practice Flight - shows you how tasks will be communicated during the briefing.

Kind regards,

Jonas Maes

instructional video - Balloonlive App

Dear pilots,

Andrew Robertson has made a very clear instructional video on how the BalloonLive App works.

For those who are not - or less - experienced with BLA here, I advise you to take a look at this one.

You can find the video via this link: https://youtu.be/vdNrcm0B2Fo

Regards,

Jonas Maes

Flight Report Forms - Digital via Watchmefly.net

Dear pilots,

We will use the digital FRF during this competition.

The advantage of this is that the scorers will receive your FRF sooner, and therefore results can be calculated and published faster.

For those who are not familiar yet with this digital FRF, please take some time to look how everything works.

You can find an instruction video on https://watchmefly.net/blog/20210408-new-features.php or check the tutorial videos on https://watchmefly.net/blog/20210408-new-features.php

Kind regards,

Jonas Maes

Balloon Live App and Sensor - Test recording and operation recommendations

Dear competitors,

To best prepare for any technology hiccups to be solved before the start of the event, I would like to ask you to carefully read and follow these 3 important steps:

Check:

Please check the following:

-The latest version of Balloon Live App is installed (V2034)

-The Balloon Live Sensor has the latest firmware version (V4.19)

For further information and latest updates, please visit https://balloonlive.org

Test and Train:

To test the Balloon Live App with BLS connected, you will have to log in with your Watchmefly-account. Then select the Czech Balloon Trophy 2024 - event to load the competition and flight data.

One practice flight has been defined and is ready to be used for testing. To test that everything is running smoothly, start at least one flight recording and let the app record for a minimum of 5-10 minutes (the longer, the better). While recording this flight, please do also test dropping markers and declaring goals as mentioned in this TDS. Watch especially for a good reactivity of the system. May be you can also include a waiting time between selection of the marker/goal number and the final drop. This creates a realistic situation and will help eliminate potential problems. Don' t hesitate to repeat the recording. You can record multiple practice flights.

Once you stopped the flight, you can find your flight data on Watchmefly.net for download.

Until the General Briefing, we will check if all pilots have done such a test-recording.

Get ready:

Finally, please download and read the new 'BLA and BLS Operations Recommendations', available for download on https://balloonlive.org/downloads/

If you have any problem, please check the FAQ on Balloonlive.org, or ultimately contact support@balloonlive.org

Kind regards,

Jonas Maes

Rules AXMER 2024

Dear competitors,

In attachment you can find Section III, the AXMER 2024,  regarding the Czech Balloon Trophy 2024.

Regards,

Jonas Maes

Section I and II, Czech Balloon Trophy 2024

Dear competitors,

In attachment you can find Section I and II regarding the Czech Balloon Trophy 2024.

Regards,

Jonas Maes

Invitation and entry-form

Dear pilots,

More information and the entry-form can be found on https://www.czechballoontrophy.cz/pro-soutezici/ 

Kind regards,

The organizing team