F5B Competitions Worldwide - Updated July 27th 2005 - Changed Virginia event to 2 day

This thread will contain a chronological list of any and all F5B/F5F events that I am informed about. E-mail me details of the F5B events that you are closely involved in organizing and I will put them on this list. Events will be listed up to a year in advance and will be deleted from this list once they are over.

Information required are: Date(s), Venue (including state and country), a brief description of the event and either a contact E-mail address or an RC-Groups member name so you can be PM'd if you prefer not to make your e-mail address public. I reserve the right to edit descriptions as necessary.

2005 July 23-24 - Sod farm, east of Salem, Oregon, USA

AMA sanctioned F5B competition.
Contact Dieter Mahlein, Shredair.

2005 July 23-24 - Buttikon, Switzerland

F5B and F5F Eurotour competition. Contact Thomas Wäckerlin for all information.

2005 July 24 - Wetlands Bird Sanctuary near Lound, Nottinghamshire, England

F5B, F5F and 7 cell competitions. Details on the UK F5B Website
Contact Mike Seale.

2005 August 21 - Sod farm, east of Salem, Oregon, USA

AMA sanctioned F5B competition.
Contact Dieter Mahlein, Shredair.

2005 August 27-28 - Langstrup, Denmark

F5B and F5F Eurotour competition. Contact Claus Tönnesen for all information.

2005 August 28 - Andenne, Belgium

F5B, F5F and 7 cell F5B (7 cells maximum, no minimum size/weight rules). Contact Wim for all information.

2005 August 29 - Wetlands Bird Sanctuary near Lound, Nottinghamshire, England

British National Championships for F5B, F5F and 7 cell. Details on the UK F5B Website
Contact Mike Seale.

2005 September 4 - Baulers, Belgium

F5B, F5F and 7 cell F5B (7 cells maximum, no minimum size/weight rules). Contact Wim for all information.

2005 September 10-11 - San Diego, California USA

USA F5B team trial for 2006 and Intergalactic F5B contest. The " Intergalactic" is essentially a 7/10/whatever cell handicap open contest to be held concurrently with the team selection program. Contestants may choose 1 or the other and will be interspersed in order to keep things moving. Those competing for a Team slot must present themselves and their models (which must meet the rules of the event) Friday evening for weighing and measuring, have the attendant FAI stamp on their AMA card, etc. Intergalactic contestants just show up Saturday at the field. We'll probably have a burger burn while we're at it. More details to follow; also watch our website. Steve Manganelli will be the CD and may be contacted for further details at [email protected].
Updated information from the CD:
1) An "FAI Stamp" is no longer required in order to compete for the Team. However, there are some requirements AMA puts you through that need to be completed prior to August 10th in order to be part of the Team Selection (see the contest announcement for details). Nothing special for Intergalactic other than AMA card. We're giving out awards for 7-cell, 10-cell (F5F), and F-5B. All F-5B comers may compete for those trophies, the top three qualified participants getting the additional prize of US Team Reps! I'm also asking all Intergalactic comers to register prior to 25 August so we can make up the frequency matrix and size things accordingly.

2) Lunch will be provided and will more likely be sandwiches than a burger burn!

2005 September 10-11 - Bad Brückenau, Germany

F5B and F5F Eurotour competition. Contact Hermann May, Ernst-Putz-Str. 39, 97769 Bad Brückenau, Tel: +49 9741 930131 for all information.

2005 September 17 - Sod farm, east of Salem, Oregon, USA

AMA sanctioned F5B competition.
Contact Dieter Mahlein, Shredair.

2005 September 18 - Wetlands Bird Sanctuary near Lound, Nottinghamshire, England

F5B, F5F and 7 cell competitions. Details on the UK F5B Website
Contact Mike Seale.

2005 September 25 - Orp-Jauche, Belgium

F5B, F5F and 7 cell F5B (7 cells maximum, no minimum size/weight rules). Contact Wim for all information.

2005 October 1-2 - Northern Virginia RC field, Virginia, USA

Please join Northern Virginia RC for an AMA sanctioned F5B contest.
Two classes: F5B per FAI rules and F5F (10-cells and under) without regard to FAI airframe requirements.

(Explanation - F5B airframes with 10-cells are allowed to fly in F5F, but they
are discouraged. As such, please add some cells and move up to F5B.)
Lipos are not allowed in F5B, F5F, or Hotliner type airframes. Lipos are allowed
in warmliner and slower stuff.

Duration is reduced from 600 seconds to 300 seconds in an effort to fly 4
rounds. For scoring, the best 2 of 3 rounds or best 3 of 4 rounds will be used.
$10 landing fee to help cover lunch, prizes, and awards for both classes.
For information, please contact Down_Shift (Russell Green), visit
NVRC's website or search for "Virginia F5B" in the threads.

2005 October 2 - Wetlands Bird Sanctuary near Lound, Nottinghamshire, England

Reserve date for F5B, F5F and 7 cell competitions. Details on the UK F5B Website
Contact Mike Seale.

2005 October 8 - Sod farm, east of Salem, Oregon, USA

AMA sanctioned F5B competition.
Contact Dieter Mahlein, Shredair.