Low & Slow 2
(April 13th, 2019 - May 20th, 2019)
But Eager and Willing.
Low & Slow 2 is a continuation of the LnS competition using the same concept of original, sometimes playful, but often challenging tasks in realistic conditions. Despite this, required time is minimized by using airstarts, short time windows or regatta starts and providing tasks that should be doable in 60-120 minutes.
In this edition, only one task will be hosted per week, each task will be hosted in two sessions:
- Saturday at 20:30 CET (18:30 UTC)
- Sunday at 22:30 CET (20:30 UTC).
Participants are free to fly both sessions
Sceneries used may include:
- Arc Alpin 2
- Southern Norway4
- Cascade Range
- Matamata
- Yunnan
- Pumalin park
Server settings
- Handicap : Yes
- Join time 20 minutes, race start: usually 1 minute after jointime end, start window open usually 0-5 minutes;
- Mid-air collision is "Q" recovery possible, other recovery may be enabled depending on task
- Thermaling turn in start area (10 km) - left
- Plane icons range : generally up to 5 km
- Cloud flying is usually penalized
Servers
- name: BF Low and Slow
- Teamspeak:
http://virtualsoaring.eu/teamspeak (BF channel)
LnS will run for 6 weeks, but may be repeated.
Out of the 6 tasks, your best 4 results will be taken in to account for the ranking.
Organizers: |
Vertigo 
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Registration closes on: |
May 20th, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC
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Competition per teams: |
No
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Registration type: |
Competition is free
Note for non-Premium member: your monthly quota will be decreased, as usual, for each FTR submitted.
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Number of training tasks: |
0
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Number of competition tasks: |
6
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Scoring type: |
1000 points
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Competition selected for ccRating: |
No
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Glider restriction: |
None (or defined on a per-task basis)
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Competitor's results used for overall scoring: |
Only the 4 best results
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Allowed tries per race: |
2
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Crash policy: |
Scored with 0 point
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Landing out policy: |
Ignore it
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Missing FTR policy: |
Ignore it
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Join time: |
20 minutes
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Time to send FTR: |
2 hours
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Use time slots (for timezones): |
No
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Registered competitors: |
71
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Registration is now closed!