BC
XC League 2008
The 2008
BC XC League is now open. Read the changes for
this year, and go fly!
This is
an informal competition for both hang- and paraglider
pilots whereby pilots can submit XC flights flown
in BC to the West Coast Soaring Club database.
At the end of the XC season (mid-to-late October),
the total cumulative scores for all flights will be
calculated, and the winners decided.
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Our objective is that this competition be simple and
fun. We would also like to promote HPAC and local
club membership (wherever you live in BC), and see
this as a way of giving another benefit to the province's
pilots. Hopefully it will also encourage more
pilots to go XC!
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You do not need to be a WCSC member to participate
in this competition (unless you're flying WCSC sites,
of course). However, all participants must have
HPAC, and must have fulfilled the requirements of
the particular flying site (paid site access fees,
landing fees, signed waivers, etc). All flights
must take place completely within British Columbia.
There is
no entry fee. However, this year the cash prizes
given out will be dependent on pilot donations.
Basically, the top 10 winners will split a pot of
donations. See the "Prizes" section
below for all the details.
Here’s how the flying works:
Fly XC from a site in BC (any site in BC counts).
An XC flight is any flight of at least 10
km (submitted flights of less than 10 km will
be deleted from the database). The link to log
your flights will be at the top of this page.
If you are not already in the database from previous
years you’ll need to register first (free!).
Fill in the fields on the submission form to submit
the flight.
You are allowed to submit as many XC flights as you
wish. Flights must be submitted within 4
weeks of the date of flight. At the end
of the XC season, the scores from your 5 best flights
will be counted for your overall score. Submitted
flights must be verifiable. There are three
ways to do this, in order of preference:
- Datalogger
or GPS track, but not readily submittable
- Pilot Witness
with phone number
For each flight submitted,
you will need to indicate the verification method.
For GPS igc, or other submittable files, you will
NOT need to actually upload any files, but
you should save them. All submitted flights
will be monitored, and edited by the moderators if
need be. You (or your witness) may be asked
for verification of the details of your submitted
flight.
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Out and Return
(OR) flights will be scored the same as flat
triangles. There is a 50% bonus
(a 1.5 multiplier) awarded for this type
of flight. The return portion of the OR flight
must be at least 50% of the out-distance in order
to qualify for the 50% bonus, otherwise the entire
flight will be scored as an OD flight (ie. no bonus,
or a 1.0 multiplier).
Only simple
OR flights will qualify for the bonus. Complicated
OR flights (eg. flights with an OD and an OR component
to them, or multiple OR laps) will be counted as OD
flights and scored as such. It is permissible
(and encouraged) for OR flights to originate from
mid-way along a ridge (eg. Bridal or Pemberton), provided
you fly 50% of the return leg to your start point.
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Click on the links below for maps
and simple flight tracks illustrating how the scoring
works for some of the most commonly flown sites in
BC.
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Experience Bonuses
will be given for less experienced pilots, based on
their experience level at the time of their flights.
We ask that you keep track of your total hours
of airtime, and that you report which category you
are in for every flight that you record, as it may
change during the year. The 4 categories are:
Category |
Total Airtime (hours) |
Bonus |
Multiplier |
| Student |
0 - 20 |
100% |
2.00 |
Novice |
20 - 60 |
50% |
1.50 |
Intermediate |
60 - 120 |
25% |
1.25 |
Advanced |
120 + |
0% |
1.00 |
Glider
Bonuses will be given, based on the class of
glider flown. All gliders are given a bonus
(or deficit) based on their typical XC performance
relative to a topless hang glider, as follows:
Glider Class |
Bonus |
Multiplier |
| Rigid |
-25% |
0.75 |
Topless
HG |
0% |
1.00 |
Kingposted
HG |
25% |
1.25 |
Unrated
or
Competition PG |
45% |
1.45 |
| DHV 2 or 2-3
PG |
60% |
1.60 |
| DHV 1 or 1-2
PG |
80% |
1.80 |
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Each flight’s
score will be calculated as follows:
(XC
Distance) x (Flight Type Multiplier)
x (Experience Multiplier) x (Glider
Multiplier)
Examples:
a)
An open-distance XC flight of 25 km, flown by a pilot
with 80 hours airtime, flying a DHV 1-2 paraglider,
would get a score of:
(25 km) x (1.0) x (1.25) x (1.80)
= 56.25 points
b)
An out-and-return flight of 48 km, flown by a pilot
with 130 hours airtime, flying a kingposted hang
glider, would get a score of:
(48 km) x (1.5) x (1.25) x (1.25) = 112.50
points
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There are
some changes with the prize structure this year, so
read carefully.
In previous
years, most of the prize money was donated by two
very generous pilots who provided ALL
the prize money themselves, in order to promote
this competition, and XC flying in the province.
Big thanks to you guys! This year, the rest
of us are going to have to pick up the slack.
In other
years, private individual donations ranged from $20
to $300 (yes, you read that right - $300 from individual
pilots!) To start things off with a nice pot,
the WCSC directors have decided to divert the $300
originally designated as "Comp Pilot Funding",
and instead use to seed the donation pot money for
the BC XC League. Donations can be made via
Paypal (click the donation button below), and also
by cash or cheque. All participanting pilots
are encouraged to donate.
Placing
Prizes are dependent on the total donations
received throughout the year. So, you could
win a little (few donations) or a lot (lots of donations!)
Percentages below are based on what is left
over after the $50 "Participation Prizes"
are handed out throughout the year.
| Placement |
Percentage
of
Winnings |
Click the link below to donate
to the BC XC League
(Donations can also be made
by cash or cheque)
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Examples:
a)
If $300 is collected from private donations, then
along with the initial WCSC donation of $300, there
is $600 available. If $300 is given out as "Participation
Prizes" (say 300 entries are received, which
means 6 draws of $50 each), there is $300 left for
the placing prizes at the end of the season - 1st
place would get 19% of that or $57, 2nd place would
receive 17% or $51, etc.
b) If $500 is collected from
private donations, then along with the initial WCSC
donation of $300, there is $800 available. If
there are 250 entries submitted that means $250 will
be given out as "Partipation Prizes", leaving
$550 available for the placing prizes. 1st place
would get 19%, which works out to $104.50, 2nd place
would receive 17%, or $93.50, etc.
Participant
Prizes will be awarded again this year in random
draws throughout the year. The participant cash prizes
will be .
The number of prizes awarded will depend on the number
of flights submitted. Last year over 300 flights
were submitted, so $300 was given out!
For every 50 flight entries a cash prize will be randomly
awarded to a pilot who submitted one of those 50 flights.
Multiple flight submissions by any one pilot count
as multiple chances to win the next participant prize.
Draws will take place at the WCSC club meeting
or event that follows the submission of every 50th
flight. Once a pilot has won a participant
prize, they are ineligible for future participant
prizes, but of course remain eligible for overall
placement (and other) prizes. If a previous
winning pilot's name is drawn for a new participant
prize, another name will be drawn until a new winner
is selected.
1st Winner
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Could be you! |
Other Prizes
will be awarded for; Best Placed Veteran, Most
Improved Newcomer, Longest single XC flight, Best
in each Glider Class, etc., as the organizers see
fit.
If
you have any questions or comments about these rules,
or are unsure how to categorize a specific flight,
please contact either Nicole McLearn (click
here for contact info).
Last
updated: 21 May 2008
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