mccordia 73 #1 March 30, 2015 USPA today also recognised performance and acrobatic wingsuit competition as official diciplines. With this step, an amazing journey is coming to completion. Many, many years ago several friends had ideas on promoting wingsuit flying, and inspiring people to work on their flying skills through acrobatic manouvers, and performance flying. Costyn Van Dongen, Klaus Rheinwald and myself had a lot of fun coming up with ideas. From that point, Klaus developed the performance competition format (PPC) and we developed the Acrobatic Wingsuit Competition. In total, a combined number of over 50 competitions in Acrobatic and Performance have been organized, as both national and international editions. From Europe to Australia to USA and back. An amazing number of participants helped build the idea, by feedback and flying, into an amazing and inspiring format that is now helping many people train and fly their wingsuits better then ever. Over the course of the years, many people have helped make these formats to what it is, and helped it grow. But the crown jewel has got to be this years FAI acceptance (with help of Ronald Overdijk, Henny Wiggers, and most of all, the efforts of Zach Schroedel and James Hayhurst. For those interested, the rules can be found on the FAI/IPC website for download (USPA labeled versions of course coming soon as well) http://www.fai.org/downloads/ipc/SC5_CR_Wingsuit_AcrobaticFlying http://www.fai.org/downloads/ipc/SC5_CR_Wingsuit_performance_flying And if you're looking for a challenge, join one of these two amazing competitions and help build and support this amazing sport! Thank you all! Happy flying! https://www.facebook.com/events/776523132414122/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1516630568620644/JC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 3 #2 March 30, 2015 This is a very exciting time of change for wingsuiting! So very inspiring and re-igniting to have IPC and now USPA (CSPA not far behind) accepting these very tried and true disciplines and competitions as sanctioned events. We now stand with all the other disciplines as "real" in the eyes of the skydiving community. FlyLikeBrick, Klaus Rheinwald, Michael Cooper from Flysight, PhoenixFly, TonySuits...so many people involved in seeing this all mature. Zach Schroedel has been instrumental in helping usher the politics, all the performers at the various acro and performance events around the globe have "legitimized" what we've been doing on our own. Every one who has ever participated in a Performance Event or an Acro event; pat yourselves on the back, as you all have made this happen for those that are here now, and for those that will come forward in the future. Now....go fly your asses off, fly long, fly far, fly fast, and hold hands in the sky. Kudos to everyone that was involved. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ksandr 0 #3 March 30, 2015 Great news! I've read rules and found nothing about classes. Does it mean there is only Open class without Advanced, Intermediate? Also noticed this: QuoteDistance Task: The wingsuit flyer is to fly as far as possible through the competition window. The result for this task will be the straight-line distance flown over the ground while in the competition window, expressed in meters, rounded to whole numbers. Does it mean that result calculate as straight line between two points (first when you pass 3000m and second when you pass 2000m) regardless on trajectory? Same question about Speed task - it calculates as Distance / Time - distance calculates as straight line between two points? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The111 1 #4 March 30, 2015 Excellent news on both counts! I think it would be really cool if the performance comps were done from balloons at 5k feet, over a big open desert with observers spaced out along the ground. It would be a lot easier to trust judgments that are based on both recorded device data and human observation, and under as controlled conditions as possible, e.g. both participants exiting over the same spot.www.WingsuitPhotos.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mccordia 73 #5 March 30, 2015 Quote I've read rules and found nothing about classes. Does it mean there is only Open class without Advanced, Intermediate? Correct...it being world championships, the only class is the highest one. Though at non world-championships, of course beginner/intermediate/rookie class is still possible. Or even alongside an official world cup. But the FAI only looks at the top level competitors for the actual official competition/records in both acrobatic and performance. On the question regarding the performance competition, Ill let Klaus know (so he can answer that question here). Best to always consult the actual people who know their stuffJC FlyLikeBrick I'm an Athlete? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ifell 0 #6 March 30, 2015 DSEThis is a very exciting time of change for wingsuiting! So very inspiring and re-igniting to have IPC and now USPA (CSPA not far behind) accepting these very tried and true disciplines and competitions as sanctioned events. Small correction here CSPA announced these events would part of up coming nationals in Edmonton using IPC rules a while ago, nice to see the USPA wasn't far behind ;) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vidiot 0 #7 March 31, 2015 Ksandr Does it mean that result calculate as straight line between two points (first when you pass 3000m and second when you pass 2000m) regardless on trajectory? Same question about Speed task - it calculates as Distance / Time - distance calculates as straight line between two points? Correct. So you better fly straight ;) On classes - as Jarno said.My Logbook Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ksandr 0 #8 March 31, 2015 Jarno, Klaus, thanks guys. QuoteCorrect. So you better fly straight ;) It's even better, because signal noize almost won't affect result. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 3 #9 March 31, 2015 ifell ***This is a very exciting time of change for wingsuiting! So very inspiring and re-igniting to have IPC and now USPA (CSPA not far behind) accepting these very tried and true disciplines and competitions as sanctioned events. Small correction here CSPA announced these events would part of up coming nationals in Edmonton using IPC rules a while ago, nice to see the USPA wasn't far behind ;) My mistake, based on conversations with Barb. I thought Performance had been adopted, but not Acro. See you in Edmonton. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdctlc 0 #10 March 31, 2015 mccordia On the question regarding the performance competition, Ill let Klaus know (so he can answer that question here). Best to always consult the actual people who know their stuff The easy way to look at it is as follows: • Time: the longest freefall time for a vertical distance of 1000 m • Distance: the greatest distance covered over a vertical distance of 1000 m • Speed: the greatest average horizontal speed over a vertical distance of 1000 m Distance is straight line though. Each competitor is dropped in a "lane" http://ppc.paralog.net/images/Jumprun.png More info here on the PPC rules: http://ppc.paralog.net/eventrules.php Hope that helps.. Scott C."He who Hesitates Shall Inherit the Earth!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phoenixlpr 0 #11 March 31, 2015 QuoteDistance is straight line though. AFAIK the sum of distance between measurement points in the competition range, not the distance between entry and exit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlexBubentsov 0 #12 April 1, 2015 The rules are missing requirements to the software that can be used to evaluate the results. What software can be used for these purposes, and whether it requires some special permissions or certificates of compliance from the FAI? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
