What do I need to sort out before I go to an Event / Round?

There's two sets of things you have to do, the stuff before the season and then the things you need to prepare just before you set off to each round. Don't worry there's not much to it and this page is really just summarising what is in the rest of the FAQ pages.

The reason for this Check List is that without preparation, time is wasted in admin for the organisers which means they can't get you to site and flying as early as possible. So more pilot preparation equals more flying.

Things to do before the season.

1) Learn how to input and fly tasks with your instrument, phone or both, half an hour spent struggling with your instruments on take off could be half an hour better spent flying. This is closely allied to understanding about start, turnpoint and goal cylinders.

2) Learn how to put a new waypoint in your instrument. There may be occasions when we have to add a waypoint/s due to weather conditions or site choice.

3) If any of your entry form data (e.g. emergency contacts, wing etc) changes before a round,  please change it on the Airtribune page for the round. 

Things to do before you set off to each round.

1) Clear your instruments of all waypoints, routes and tracklogs. This makes it a lot easier to see the relevant waypoints for the competition and avoids confusion.

2) Set your instrument to WGS84 datum if you are using one and not your phone. This will ensure that we're all registering the same spot on the ground.

3) Bring a bit of paper to write the task down on. There's a lot to remember at the task briefing.

4) Batteries, charge 'em and bring spares... yada, yada. You knew that anyway.

If you can get all these done beforehand then the organisers will have time to spare to make the comp even better for you folks.

Thanks - The Organisers