Electronic Noticeboard
Shortened time limits
Shortened time limits
5.1.6 and 5.2.6
Shortened time limits for complaints and protests
COMPLAINTS MADE ON OR AFTER THE LAST
FLYING DAY OF THE EVENT, MUST BE SUBMITTED to the Director within one hour of
publication of the official scores.
The
Director shall announce the publication times for all task scores on the last
flying day. “(we will publish
nearest to the hour or rounded to the next hour)”
Time limits applying to scores published
after 1300 on the day before the last flying day will also be reduced to one
hour on or after the last flying day of the event.
General briefing notes - Last Updated 9th Sept.
Official competition map
Dear competitor,
you may find the official competition map at the following link: https://1drv.ms/f/s!Ap9aXADriVMQpOh2DqujjLToeBvxvw
The zip file also contains a waipoint file with the PZ's and CLP. You may also find a few PLT files that depict the airspace and the border lines please download and use all.
The PZ's and the CLP plus any further CLA and CLP may and will be announced at the GB.
Blue PZ is 9500 ft
The Event Director
Paolo Oggioni
Recap on the use of Balloon Live systems
Dear
competitors,
This is a recap
upon the use of Balloon Live systems in the competition flights.
Please
prepare the following steps ahead of the check-in in Szeged. (If you have done
some of them already, you can of course skip it.)
- Please create an account
on watchmefly.net and fill out the fields in the
account settings (top right under your name) at best. Your profile data
will be visible to the public and helps showing your achievements and
balloon data.
- Install the latest version of
the Balloon Live app (Android or Apple, version 2026) on your flying
device and backup device (if used). You can find further information and
help on balloonlive.org.
- In the app, login with
your watchmefly.net credentials.
- In the app, under the user menu
at the top right, select the available competitions list. You should see
the event « 25th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship 2024 »
in the events list. If the event is missing in the list, please
contact support@balloonlive.org.
- Select the event from the list
and follow the steps to pay the event fee on your device. The payment is
only required once and will not be shown on any further device.
- Once the payment was
successful, you should be able to see it marked « Paid » and you
can select it to load the event in the app.
- Start and connect the Balloon
Live Sensor as shown in the tutorial video below.
- To start the flight, make sure
to sync the flight data first.
- IMPORTANT: You must record at
least one flight while in Hungary. You can of course record a flight ahead
of your arrival in Szeged. Be aware of the following recording conditions:
- BLS
connected
- duration
of at least 15 minutes
- at
least 1 goal declaration
- at
least 1 marker drop
- Make sure to stop your flight
recording properly and wait for the track to be completely
uploaded.(Upload icon - letter A has disappeared again)
- Login to watchmefly.net from a browser and check if your flight is shown under the
user menu (top right), then « Your Competition Data »
Additional remarks:
- Please try sync the flight data
and then disconnect from the internet to record a flight. Reconnect later
or even after stopping the flight. By doing so you can see that the track
starts uploading after the flight.
- You can also let your device
run for 3 hours to see if the app screen remains visible and the device is
not becoming unstable after a certain time.
A excellent
tutorial video can be found here: https://youtu.be/vdNrcm0B2Fo
Many of the above steps are explained and shown on screen.
Don’t
hesitate to record multiple flights, including the training flights when flying
prior to the event.
If you have any questions regarding the Balloon Live system or watchmefly.net, please contact support@balloonlive.org or in Szeged contact the scoring team member Erwin Pellegrom.
Best
regards,
Paolo
Oggioni
Event
Director
Official Rules
Dear All,
The official rules can be downloaded below.
Best regards,
Paolo Oggioni
Event Director
Air Band Radio’s
To all competitors,
To fly in European air space, you have to have an authorized air band
radio with channel spacing 8.33Mhz (radio license depends on the country where
your balloon is registered). This is mandatory and you will need the radio in
case, for any reason, you cross the borders between Hungary and Serbia or
Romania.
The air band radio may also be used for recall procedures (to be
announced at GB).