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1 2018 FAI World Championships for Scale Model Aircraft F4C/H Bulletin 1 - december 2017 7 th to 14th July 2018 Meiringen (Switzerland) 2018 FAI F4C/F4H World championship Meiringen, Switzerland Bulletin 1 december 2017 Page 2 of 22 Table of contents Welcome to the FAI F4C/H World championship in Meiringen! .. 4 Contest location .. 5 How to reach Meiringen Air Force Base and the town of Meiringen .. 6 Organisers .. 6 Event Date FAI class F4C and F4H .. 7 Invitation .. 7 Participation .. 7 FAI Open International Contest for helicopter class F4K and Stand-Off Scale .. 7 Flight Line .. 7 Scoring software and display of the scores .. 8 Opening ceremony .. 8 Preliminary scheduled date/details .. 8 Competition Rules .. 9 The championship (s) will be run according to: .. 9 Classification .. 9 Awards.

2 9 Organization Management - see here the full organization chart .. 9 FAI Jury .. 10 FAI Judges .. 10 Climate/Weather/Daylight .. 11 Accommodation .. 11 Food .. 12 Entry Fees F4C and H .. 12 Entry Fee Open International Contest F4K and Stand-Off Scale .. 13 Preliminary Entry .. 13 Official Entry .. 13 Radio Frequencies .. 13 Official Language .. 13 FAI Sporting Licences .. 13 WADA and Anti-Doping .. 13 Model aircraft processing .. 14 Protests .. 14 2018 FAI F4C/F4H World championship Meiringen, Switzerland Bulletin 1 december 2017 Page 3 of 22 Media and Press .. 14 Wi-Fi access .. 14 Vehicle rental and associated costs .. 14 General .. 14 Currency .. 15 Visa .. 15 Time zone .. 15 Future Bulletins .. 15 Entries .. 15 National Flags and Anthems .. 17 Fuel, Gas, Batteries and Compressed Air .. 17 Alternate Training Runways.

3 17 Insurances .. 17 Passports/Visas/Immigration .. 17 Security Passes and Restricted Areas .. 18 Payments and Bank Transfers .. 18 Updates .. 18 Family and Friends .. 18 Electricity .. 18 Last Day Air Show .. 19 Model Crates (Transport and Shipment) .. 19 Spectators and Guests .. 20 Miscellaneous .. 20 Documents and items required for registration upon arrival: .. 20 Excursions .. 20 FAI F4 World Champions Perpetual Trophy Winners .. 21 Primary Points of Contacts .. 21 Photo impressions .. 22 2018 FAI F4C/F4H World championship Meiringen, Switzerland Bulletin 1 december 2017 Page 4 of 22 Welcome to the FAI F4C/H World championship in Meiringen! 2018 FAI F4C/F4H World championship Meiringen, Switzerland Bulletin 1 december 2017 Page 5 of 22 We welcome all competing pilots and helpers, their family-members and supporters on behalf of the Swiss Aeromodelling Federation and the Aero-Club of Switzerland, as well as all fans to the FAI F4C/H World championship , to take place in Switzerland in 2018!

4 All documents and more information about the World s significant and prestigious World championship for radio controlled Scale models are available on and about the Haslital tourism region at Please read the following information carefully. Pass it on to your Scale Model special interest group in your country so that we may reach all interested parties. Contest location Meiringen Air Base, Swiss Map FAI F4C/H World championship CH-3857 Unterbach Phone: +41 33 972 64 64 Tel. Fax: +41 33 972 64 74 Fax Scan to get the detailed Swiss map with zoom and a lot more! Air Force Base Meiringen Website (English version momentarly under reconstruction/Dec. 2017 ) Officially, the Meiringen Air Base was first operational on december 1st, 1941. Its opening coincided with the year 1941 of the Second World War, a time when things looked pretty grim for Switzerland's further existence.

5 What events have since characterised the development of this air base? One thing is sure, the differences between then and today are huge. Many things have proved their worth und have the same value today as in the past, but much has had to be adapted to the present time. The Meiringen AFB hosted in 2013 with great success the 10th Jet World Masters. Take some time and find out more about Meiringen Air Base and about the missions that the air base has to fulfil with its staff of about 100 during your stay at the FAI World championship 2018 F4C/H. 2018 FAI F4C/F4H World championship Meiringen, Switzerland Bulletin 1 december 2017 Page 6 of 22 How to reach Meiringen Air Force Base and the town of Meiringen Please note: Green road signs lead you to highways.

6 For main roads blue signs are used. The championship site is located 130km from Zurich International Airport and 6 km from the village of Meiringen. Upon leaving the airport of Z rich, take highway A51 south, direction Z rich/Bern for 12km to the Limmattaler Kreuz Interchange. There you change to highway A3 direction Luzern for 20km to the intersection Z rich West and change there to the highway A4/A14/E41 direction Luzern again for 44km. In Luzern you enter on the highway A2. Follow the A2 for 9km to leave the A2 direction to Interlaken following the A8 for 29km to Lungern. There you follow the road to Brienz by passing the Br nig-Pass at the altitude of 1000m for 10 km. Descending the Br nig mountain road, you see at your left hand side the Meiringen AFB in the floor of the Haslital valley.

7 Visitors entering Switzerland by car from north highway A4 (Schaffhausen) or highway A2 (Basel) and east or west highway A1 (St. Gallen or Geneva/Bern), follow direction Luzern and/or Interlaken till the Lopper Interchange. From there see above. Visitors coming from west on highway A1 or south A2 leave at Lopper intersection on highway A8 follow the road signs Interlaken. From there see above. For detailed planning of your journey use Google Maps or your personal GPS device. Google Earth: Google Maps: Latitude: 46 44' "N Latitude: 46,73962 Longitude: 8 7' "E Longitude: 8,12131 Swissgrid: 651900/176630 Swiss Map RWY/TWY: 2000m, for F4C and F4H contest the TWY is used Elevation: 575m/1720ft AMSL Heading: 10/28 Distance and travel time to/from nearby airports/cities to the event site: Destination Distance Travel time Z rich Int l Airport: 130 km/80 miles 2 hours Interlaken: 30 km/20 miles hour Lucerne: 60 km/40 miles 1 hour Bern: 90 km/60 miles hours Basel: 130 km/80 miles hours Geneva.

8 240 km/150 miles hours Organisers The championship is organised by the specially established organizing committee F4 Scale WC 2018 Organisation under the auspices of the Swiss Model Aviation Association (SMV/FSAM) and the Aero Club of Switzerland AeCS as National Airsports Control NAC. 2018 FAI F4C/F4H World championship Meiringen, Switzerland Bulletin 1 december 2017 Page 7 of 22 Event Date FAI class F4C and F4H The event will be held from July 7 to 14, 2018. Invitation The Aero-Club of Switzerland (NAC, founding member of the FAI) invites all FAI-affiliated National Air sports Control Organisations to participate in the 2018 FAI World championship for Scale Model Aircraft (Class F4C and F4H). This will be the consecutive bi-ennial RC Scale World championship event. Participation All active FAI member nations, associate member nations and temporary member nations are invited to send their teams of three senior competitors, plus one junior competitor, plus a team manager, plus helpers and supporters to participate in the championship .

9 The reigning World champions, Mr. Andreas L thi SUI (F4C class) and Mr. Daniel Boulanger FRA (F4H class) are invited to defend their individual titles. They have the right (subject to the approval of their respective NAC s) to participate in the championship (s) in that class regardless of whether or not they qualify for their respective national teams. If they are not members of their respective national teams, their score or place will not be considered in the team results. Competitors from temporary member nations will be competing under the FAI flag and will be listed in the ranking list as FAI competitors. FAI Open International Contest for helicopter class F4K and Stand-Off Scale During the same period from July 7 to July 9, the organisers are holding an FAI Open International Contest for the helicopter category F4K and in Stand-off Scale .

10 More details will be defined later. Please inform all your helicopter pilots so that we may reach all interested parties. Flight Line The flight line is oriented West/East 10/28, the pilots view is toward north with no significant interference by sunlight in the flight display area. In the background you can see the mountains and rocks opposite to the airfield with an altitude of about 3000ft in a distance from mi. Click on picture above to get the detailed Swiss Map by scrolling, once you have open the map. 2018 FAI F4C/F4H World championship Meiringen, Switzerland Bulletin 1 december 2017 Page 8 of 22 Scoring software and display of the scores A new scoring system and software has been developed which allows the transfer of the raw scores from the judge s handheld directly to the main and host computer.