Soarers' Slot

摘要

It is not often that F5B Multi-task Glider is reported on these pages and I am indebted to Mark Haigh, who was the Team Manager for the BMFA team at the 2016 World Championships, for this report. F5B class requires the model to be flown in two consecutive tasks, without intermediate landing, in each round. The first task is Distance, where 3 minutes and 20 seconds is allowed, to fly as many gliding 'legs' of a 150 metre course as possible, before going directly into the 10 minute Duration task, in which any motor run time is deducted. Each flight concludes with points being awarded for a precision landing.