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Competition's details
FAI - China Challenge🐎🧧
(Feb. 26th, 2026 - March 20th, 2026)
🧧 Happy Chinese New Year! 🐎 新年快乐! Welcome to the Year of the Horse! 2026 is here, and we are celebrating with speed, spirit, and soaring. To mark this special occasion, we are hosting a unique exhibition race on our brand-new 'Beijing' landscape! Join us as we race over the Great Wall and discover the beauty of China from the skies. 🔴 LIVE EVENT DETAILS: 🗓 Friday, February 27th ⏰ 19:00 UTC 📺 Live on FAI Virtual Gliding Channels May your thermals be strong and your glide ratios high this year. Gong Xi Fa Cai! 🏮 Download the landscape now: https://www.condor.club/viewscenery/242/?id=623 #ChineseNewYear #YearOfTheHorse #Condor3 #Beijing #GreatWall #FAIVirtualGliding #VirtualSoaring For LXSIM users; please install "NORTH ASIA" here: https://gliding.lxnav.com/lxdownloads/maps/ Paste the file in the LXSIM Data folder (ie. C:\Condor3\LXSim\data)
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| Organizers: |
FAI Virtual Gliding 
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| Official web site: |
Virtualgliding.fai.org
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| Forum address: |
http://virtualgliding.fai.org |
| Registration closes on: |
March 20th, 2026 at 7:00 PM 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: |
2
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| Scoring type: |
Virtual Sailplane Grand Prix
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| Additional rules: |
One minute before start, pilot must be on the correct side of the starting line (the side of the start area) to avoid having to return to the start area and face the departing competitors. A 2 minutes penalty will be applied to any pilot not on the correct side.
Right turns are forbidden in the last 5 minutes before the start line opens. Each circle or turn of 90° or more to the right will incur a penalty of 30 seconds per turn/circle observed.
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| Competition selected for ccRating: |
ccRating will be issued after each race day provided that the day is valid (in FAI terms) and server logs have been received.
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| Glider restriction: |
Gliders from 18-meter class (Antares18S, ASG29-18, ASG29Es-18, DG808C-18, JS1-18, JS3-18, Ventus3-18)
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| Competitor's results used for overall scoring: |
Only the 2 best results
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| Allowed tries per race: |
1
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| Crash policy: |
Scored with 0 point
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| Landing out policy: |
Scored with 0 point
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| Missing FTR policy: |
Scored with 0 point
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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: |
34
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Registration is now closed!
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