Registration

The registrations fulfilment will be the 12 April: from 18.00 to 22.00;

Opening Briefing will be at the head-quarter on Thursday, the 13 April: 8.15,

Documents to show for the registration (MANDATORY)

i. Flight Licence

ii. FAI Licence

iii.Receipt of payment of entry fee

iv.Insurance (in compliance of FAI rules)

Note: All documents must be valid

Gliders admitted

Only paragliders approved by institutions in accordance with EN 926-2e EN 926-1 will be allowed.

All paragliders non-performing and non-successfully passing all tests (structural and in flight) provided by homologation tests and EN F will be excluded.

All EN B and C gliders are accepted as they are. 

All EN D gliders with flat aspect ratio of 7.0 or less are accepted as they are. 

EN gliders EN certified in time for the 2014 European championship with flat aspect ratio higher than 7.0 (Axis Mercury Sport, Gin Boomerang 9, Niviuk Icepeak 7 Pro, Ozone Enzo 1 & 2, Swing Core 3…) have to comply with the following CCC requirements:

• CCC lines.
• Risers limiters installed.
• Measurement File has to be filled only with: line and riser length, drawing of riser, table of lines quality.
• Updated users’ manual, including the Measurement File.
• Test Laboratories send to CIVL the Certification of Compliance and Measurement File.

In this respect, pilots may consult the reference FAI web site: http://www.fai.org/civl-documents

Gliders homologation will be proven through the publication of certificate on the issuing institution website. The certification has to show the date of homologation.

The date must be earlier than the first race day of the Trofeo Montegrappa 2017.

Pilots who will modify the glider, lines, risers (p.es.: operating trim or using knots), when not provided for homologation, will be disqualified. Likewise, pilots will be disqualified if they will use a modified speed bar to that provided by homologation.

The pilot shall weight in flight within the range expected by the glider certification, otherwise the pilot will be disqualified.

It is MANDATORY to use an homologated helmet (EN 966).

It is a MANDATORY safety requirement to possess a LPD or VHF radio device, turned on and tuned to the frequencies set by the organization.

Complaints

Any complaints must be submitted before 9.00 am on the day following publication of the provisional ranking or within 30 minutes of the publication of the final ranking. A deposit of € 50.00 will be requested to the pilot and. The deposit will not be returned, if the appeal should be rejected.

References

Complete rules are published on the main reference and official competition web site: www.trofeomontegrappa.it/

Trofeo Montegrappa runs according to the General Section and Section 7b of the FAI Sporting Code. References to Section 7b refer to the latest edition of this Code which can be found on “Documents” at: http: //www.fai.org/fai-documents Section 7B – (PARAGLIDERS) CLASS III