Date:	Tue, 5 Oct 1993 08:25:05 -1000
From:	salanne@convex.csc.FI (Simo Salanne)
Message-Id: <1993Oct5.182505.491@nic.funet.fi>
Organization: Finnish Academic and Research Network Project - FUNET
Subject: Equipment change option in Euro Cup 93


Flying site was on Danube Island, which is very long but 
narrow. Field was located between two bridges about 500 m 
apart, and the width of island was about 250 m. The city of 
Vienna removed about 10 trees to make a 100 by 100 m flying 
field possible. Still the nearest trees and bushes were only 5-10 
m from the boundary of the field. So, depending on the wind 
direction the air flow was either gusty and turbulent or very 
gusty and very turbulent. 

Stage in field was just large enough to stretch out the
lines and fly in a narrow wind window. On the 1st competition
day stage in field had less wind than the competition field
and on the 2nd day vice versa.

On 2nd day, judges made a decision to allow two sets
of equipment taken to the field.  If the flyer(s) found out
they had improper equipment in hand they had opportunity to
call "equipment change" and 2 minutes time to do it. Fair
enough. Most of the flyers used the opportunity to take two
sets of equipment to the field. But I did not notice anybody 
actually needed the change. 

The event ended in scheduled time, despite of the wet weather 
and equipment change option.

This seems to be a fair and working solution to the problem we
have discussed a lot after World Cup. I hope we'll get it
in the next Rule Book update.

Smooth Winds
Simo.Salanne@csc.fi




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