Competition Category F5J
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About F5J
In the F5J competition class, the aim is to fly a remote-controlled glider with an electric motor for 10 minutes from as low a take-off altitude as possible and then aim for a spot landing.
The running time of the motor is limited to a maximum of 30 seconds. The take-off altitude is measured by a technical device in the glider and sanctioned with a point deduction.
The combination of the flight time, the accuracy of the landing and the deduction for the take-off altitude achieved results in the score for the respective flight.
Depending on the weather conditions and the skill of the pilot, this task is sometimes mastered from a starting altitude of less than 10 metres and sometimes more than 200 m are not enough
The pilots‘ goal is to find and use even the smallest updrafts (thermals), otherwise the specified flight duration of 10 minutes cannot be achieved.
F5J planes usually have a wingspan between 3.5 and 4 metres. They are mostly made of carbon fibre, which allows a flying weight of starting at 1,000 grams (12 g/dm² is the FAI limit). However, wooden planes are also sometimes used.
Within a few years, F5J has become one of the most popular competition classes. In 2019, over 500 pilots took part in 26 competitions of CONTEST Eurotour F5J in many European countries.
In 2018, the first European Championship took place in Dupnitsa Bulgaria, in 2019 the first World Championship in Trnava, Slovakia.
Rules (… come later …)
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Information for and from pilots (… come later …)
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Beginner
Advanced and Juniors
Experts and Professionals
Information for organizers and those who would like to become organizers in the future (… come later …)
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Invitation to the F5J CONTEST Eurotour…
…come and take part in one of the many CONTEST Eurotour competitions in Europe. It is an honor and an outstanding flying achievement to win one of these competitions. Each winner receives one of the much sought-after wing trophies. In addition, the overall annual winner receives a challenge cup and the 10 best placed in the overall annual ranking receive CONTEST Eurotour T-shirts. The best Junior receives a special prize. And at the end of the season, non-cash prizes from the sponsors will be raffled off among all participants. So everyone has the chance to win something. Come and join in.
Every year the F5J Challenge Cup is passed on from the previous winner to the current winner.
The winners of the previous annual CONTEST Eurotour and thus the Challenge Cup are:
2024
2023 ITA Tommaso Bebi
2022 ITA Paolo Rota
2021 — (corona pandemic)
2020 — (corona pandemic)
2019 CRO Arijan Hucaljuk
2018 CZE Radek Malčík
2017 SLO Primož Rižner
2016 CZE Petr Malčík
2015 SLO Primož Rižner
2014 CZE Vlastimil Vostřel
2013 SLO Primož Rižner
2012 GER Stefan Eder
This year at the F5J World Cup 2024 in Turin, Italy, the trophy was passed from the winner of the 2022 annual round Paolo Rota to the current winner of the 2023 annual round Tommaso Bebi. The cup will therefore remain firmly in Italian hands for another year.
New scoring system for the annual overall ranking of the CONTEST Eurotour in the competition Category F5J from 2024
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Short version: Contains only the explanation of the application of the new evaluation system without explanations on the background. The PDF file is sufficient for understanding. Using the Excel file, concrete numerical values can be calculated for competitions with different numbers of participants in order to see how the new points system behaves.
And here is the associated Excel file for the short version:
Long version: In addition to explaining the application of the new evaluation system, this version also contains information on the background, alternative scoring systems considered and considerations that led to the new evaluation system.
And here is the associated Excel file for the long version
F5J CONTEST Eurotour Calendar 2024 (02.05.2024)
Attention 1:
Apsia Spring Cup F5J competition (11+12.05.2024) in Portugal had to be canceled.
Instead, the Open Pikuinhas F5J / Troféu Ibérico competition will take place at 21. + 22.09.2024
Unfortunately the Apsia Spring Cup F5J competition (11+12.05.2024) in Portugal had to be canceled. Fortunately, Portugal had registered a total of 3 FAI World Cup competitions for 2024. The organizers have thankfully agreed that the Open Pikuinhas F5J / Troféu Ibérico competition will now be included as a two day competition in the CONTEST Eurotour as a replacement for the canceled one. You can find the new date and other dates in the current calendar.
The registration is open: https://sites.google.com/view/pikuinhas/2024-open
Attention 2 – Update 07.08.2024:
Trofeu Ricardo – Lima Porto Cup 2024 postponed –> canceled
Unfortunately the Trofeu Ricardo – Lima Porto Cup 2024 competition (22+23.06.2024) in Portugal finally had to be canceled. We hope that it will be possible to have this competition in the competition calendar in 2025.
Attention 3:
Coppa F5J ITALIA – Competition field changed to Turin – Rivalta Tetti Neirotti
Coppa F5J ITALIA on 21st + 22nd September 2024: The Competition field changed from Ferrara – Vigatano Mainarda to Turin – Rivalta Tetti Neirotti. (Unfortunately the airfield in Ferrara is no longer available.). The competition field you will find here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/tSoQLj1KM9Q9Wedg8
Invitation/Bulletin 1 you will find here:
The registration will open soon on the homepage: https://f5j.it/home.html
Attention 4:
Last call for FAI World Cup and CONTEST Eurotur competition „F5J ”ROMANIA 100” = preliminary competition for the European Championship. For all details see Bulletin 3.
F5J CONTEST Eurotour Calendar 2024
Upcoming CONTEST Eurotour Events
F5J CONTEST Eurotour results 2024 (08.10.2024 – 23/24 online)
To all pilots. Please enter the competitions “exactly” with the name that you officially have on your FAI license and please always include your FAI ID. In the tables here we will only use the names and data of your licenses officially stored in the FAI database. Without this, it becomes difficult, especially within families, to distinguish who actually flew and to whom the points must be allocated. Please do not use nicknames or name abbreviations. So if there are errors on the licenses themselves, you will have to have them corrected by your NAC yourself for next year.
If anything is unclear, the entries are made in red. For this or if you see any other errors in the data or results, please contact us at > tm.f5j@contest-modellsport.de < for clarification.
Many thanks for your help.
Current leaders (08.10.2024 – next update round about end of October 2024):
Senior:
- Place ITA Tommaso Bebi … (327,081 – 3/8 -170)
- Place ITA Alessandro Aramini … (324,600 – 3/6 -165)
- Place AUT Hermann Haas … (319,478 – 3/4 – 201)
Junior:
- Place GER Lukas Dietrich … (319,156 – 3/3 – 201)
- Place GRE Christos Ntanavaras … (315,056 – 3/4 – 185)
- Place ITA Fillippo De Luca … (313,154 – 3/7 – 119)
Female:
- Place GER Anna Schütz … (294,613 – 3/6 – 210)
- Place GER Anne Janzer … (239,545 – 3/6 – 186)
- Place CZE Jana Štěrbová … (228,441 – 3/3 – 248)
Senior 65+:
- Place SWE Lennart Arvidsson … (279,359 – 3/3 – 189)
- Place FRA Gilles Bechepay … (271,123 – 3/5 – 282)
- Place FRA Jacques Huret … (257,450- 3/3 – 155)
Remark: (xxx,xxx – y/z – nnn)
xxx,xxx = individual points
y = number of rated competition
z = total number of competitions flown
nnn = total number (sum) of pilots who participated in the 3 rated competitions
Nations ranking (sum of the results of the 3 best pilots of a country):
- Place ITA
Tommaso Bebi (1)
Alessandro Aramin (2)
Fillippo De Luca (11)
(964,835 = 97,46 % – 9/21)
. - Place GER
Lukas Dietrich (4)
Olaf Starmanns (5)
Sebastian Feigl (7)
(951,156 = 96,08 % – 9/15)
. - Place FRA
Adrien Gallet (6)
Philippe Quentin (14)
Nicolas Chansard (15)
(939,613 = 94,91 % – 9/11)
……. and Czech Republic follows extreme closely, with 936,687 points on 4th place
Dominant winners (preliminary rounds and fly-off won = 110,000 points)
F5J Bulgaria CUP with 50 participants
ITA Tommaso Bebi
GliderKeeper F5J Masters Escalona with 33 participants
ESP Nicolas William Ridray
MILITKY CUP 2024 with 19 participants
AUT Hermann Haas
Loire Valley Trophy F5J with 61 participants
FRA Adrien Gallet
F5J Tirol Trophy with 54 participants
ITA Alessandro Aramini
Open Pikuinhas F5J 2024 with 22 participants
POR Oscar Lopes
And a few statistical data:
23/24 competitions flown
So there is still 1 competitions left to take part in.
541 pilots
of which 163 pilots have 3 or more competition results
129 pilots have 2 competition results and
249 pilots still have 1 competition result
30 nations
384 seniors
115 seniors 65+
(of which at least 3 are 80+)
38 juniors
11 female
On average, the competitions had around 51,9 participants from 7,3 nations
Overall (including fly-offs) over 9636 flights were carried out…
Overall annual results (08.10.2024 – next update round about end of Octobert 2024):
The following table can only be meaningfully read on a computer screen. The display is simply too small on a cell phone. To read the table better, you can mark individual lines and then scroll sideways. The 3 best results of a pilot are marked in yellow.
Please, can everyone check their results to see if everything is there and entered correctly ?
Results reports from the last competitions 2024
24 – GER Eibenwaldpokal
Video from the heart – click for start video…
23 – ITA Coppa F5J ITALIA
22 b – POR Open Pikuinhas F5J / Troféu Ibérico
>>> Click here for all results reports from the 2024 competitions… (22/24 online)
If available, the following PDF files contain the CONTEST evaluation as well as the raw data, images and links with further information about the individual competitions.
25 – GRE Lamaia open 2024 F5j
24 – GER Eibenwaldpokal
23 – ITA Coppa F5J ITALIA
22 b – POR Open Pikuinhas F5J / Troféu Ibérico
22 – SVK F5J Litteam Cup
21 – ROU World Cup F5J ”ROMANIA 100”
Video of 3m launch – click for start video…
20 – AUT F5J Tirol Trophy
19 – SVK F5J Cassovia Cup 2024
18 – FRA Loire Valley Trophy F5J
17 – CZE Stanislav Perkovic Memorial
16 – GBR BARCS INTERGLIDE 2024
15 – NED Holland Glide Dutch Eurotour F5J 2024
14 – POR Trofeu Ricardo – Lima Porto Cup 2024
Unfortunately the Trofeu Ricardo – Lima Porto Cup 2024 competition (22+23.06.2024) in Portugal must be postponed. We will announce the new date as soon as possible.
13 – HUN F5J Korona Cup
12 – MKD NORTH MACEDONIA F5J WORLD CUP 2024
11 – LAT Nakotne Cup F5J 2024
10 – CZE 13th Samba Cup F5J
09 – AUT 9th Sonnenland Cup F5J Oberpullendorf
08 – GER 4th Osnabrücker Friedensreiter Cup
07 – POR Apsia Spring Cup F5J
Unfortunately, the competition had to be cancelled. As a replacement, the new competition Open Pikuinhas F5J / Troféu Ibérico (22b) will be held on 21+22 September 2024.
06 – SUI MILITKY CUP 2024
05 – ESP GliderKeeper F5J Masters Escalona 2024
04 – BUL F5J Bulgaria CUP
03 – ITA Coppa VOLI F5J
02 – HUN 12th F5J Tisza Cup
01 – GRE Larisa F5J Meeting 2024
F5J CONTEST Eurotour results archive
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F5J CONTEST Eurotour results 2023
The senior winners are:
- Place ITA Tommaso Bebi
- Place SVK Marko Gala
- Place CZE Radek Malčík
The junior winners are:
- Place GER Lukas Dietrich
- Place CZE Jaroslav Vostřel (jun.)
- Place ITA Filippo De Luca
Follow the link for some more information.
F5J: Tommaso Bebi winner of Eurotour 2023 – CONTEST Eurotour (contest-eurotour.com)
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F5J CONTEST Eurotour results 2022
The senior winners are:
- Place ITA Paolo Rota
- Place CZE Radek Malčík
- Place SLO Primož Rižner
The junior winners are:
- Place ITA Alessandro Aramini
- Place GER Lukas Dietrich
- Place CZE Jaroslav Vostřel (jun.)
Follow the link for some more information.
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F5J CONTEST Eurotour results 2021
Due to the small number of competitions in 2021 due to the CORONA pandemic and the travel restrictions still in place in various European countries, there was no annual ranking at the CONTEST Eurotour.
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F5J CONTEST Eurotour results 2020
No competitions and results due to the CORONA pandemic.
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F5J CONTEST Eurotour results 2019
The senior winners are:
- Place CRO Arijan Hucaljuk
- Place SLO Primož Rižner
- Place GER Timo Drust
The junior winners are:
- Place FRA Adrien Gallet
- Place CZE Jaroslav Vostřel (jun.)
- Place SLO David Gergič Štravs
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F5J CONTEST Eurotour results 2018
The senior winners are:
- Place CZE Radek Malčík
- Place GER Sebastian Manhardt
- Place SLO Primož Rižner
The junior winners are:
- Place FRA Adrien Gallet
- Place CZE Luboš Pospisil jun.
- Place SLO David Stravs Gergic,
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*F5J CONTEST Eurotour results 2017 (comming later)
The senior winners are:
- Place SLO Primož Rižner
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The junior winners are:
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F5J CONTEST Eurotour results 2016
The senior winners are:
- Place CZE Petr Malčík
- Place SLO Primož Rižner
- Place CZE Vlastimil Vostřel
The junior winners are:
- Place GER Jan Niclas Weiss
- Place SLO Oskar Štempihar
- Place CRO Alen Tucman
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F5J CONTEST Eurotour results 2015
The senior winners are:
- Place SLO Primož Rižner
- Place CZE Radek Malčík
- Place CZE Petr Malčík
The junior winners are:
- Place SVK Matúš Dudáš
- Place UKR Nikita, Kalashnikov
- Place GER Jan-Niclas Weiss
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F5J CONTEST Eurotour results 2014
The senior winners are:
- Place CZE Vlastimil Vostřel
- Place SLO Primož Rižner
- Place SVK Juraj Adámek
The junior winners are:
- Place CZE Radek Malčík
- Place CZE Petr Malčík
- Place CZE Vojtech Valenta (jun.)
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*F5J CONTEST Eurotour results 2013 (comming later)
The senior winners are:
- Place SLO Primož Rižner
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The junior winners are:
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*F5J CONTEST Eurotour results 2012 (comming later)
The senior winners are:
- Place GER Stefan Eder
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The junior winners are:
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*F5J CONTEST Eurotour results 2011 (F5J was provisional competition class – comming later)
The senior winners are:
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The junior winners are:
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* Who can help with some missing old data ? Who copied these files onto their computer back then and can send them to tm.f5j@contest-modellsport.de ?
F5J Tourmanager (2024 – …… )
My name is Andreas Freundl, born in 1967 in Gehrden near Hanover / Northern Germany. I grew up there “in” my parents’ mechanical engineering business as the youngest of 4 children and my enthusiasm for technology was literally born in my cradle. The company was my playground and so I grew up between Lego bricks, machine tools, drawing boards for construction and electronic components for machine controls. As a child I learned to program with the first programmable calculators and computers available at the time. As a teenager, I built the first testing machine control with programmable logic controls and wrote measurement data acquisition software for testing machines in research. I later studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Hanover. Today, as a degreed engineer, I lead the family business through the 2nd generation.
I first got into model flying at the age of 13 at school through a model helicopter group and then found my way to model gliding through a school friend. Although I also built motorized aerobatic models and flew them in a few competitions, the silent gliding in the thermals with model gliders became my passion and so as a teenager I participated successfully in many competitions, including winning the German Youth Championship in 1984.
Because of my studies, job and later family, I didn’t get to fly again for many years, until my children were fascinated by finding my old models in the cellar of our house in 2012 and my wife said that I „have to“ go flying with my children now… My children quickly learned to fly and then took part in F5J competitions with me. As a German-Brazilian family, we founded the F5J Team Gerbrany and have since then taken part in many international F5J competitions on the CONTEST Eurotour. My children even took part alternating in the F5J European Championships 2018 in Bulgaria and the F5J World Championships 2019 in Slovakia and 2023 in Bulgaria for Germany and Brazil respectively. Hereby I took on a lot of organizational tasks for the national teams in the background, acted as a helper for my children and took on public relations work including of publishing several reports in Model aircraft magazines.
With the previous F5J CONTEST Tourmanager Uwe Weiß and his son Jan-Niclas, we flew many F5J competitions together. Now that Uwe is no longer actively participating in F5J competitions, he has asked me to take over his duties as F5J CONTEST Tourmanager. Since my family and I have always received support and encouragement from so many others in the F5J scene, it is an honor for me to take on this task and I also see it as my obligation to do my part in preserving and promoting this fascinating sport with its exciting competitions.
In order to realize this in the best possible way in the interests of everyone, I would be very happy to receive suggestions, ideas and criticism from the organizers and participating pilots.
Therefore I am available at any time via the contact email address tm.f5j@contest-modellsport.de.
Kind regards
Andreas Freundl
F5J Tourmanager (2018 – 2023)
Uwe Weiß started model flying in 1976. After a long break, he has been active again since 2008, and since 2015 was also been competing in the F5J class and recently also F5K. His goal is to have fun and to annoy the „big ones“ a little from time to time.
Former F5J Tourmanager (1994/2011 – 2017)
As one of the original founders of the CONTEST Eurotour, Alexander Wunschheim was, among other things, F5J Tourmanager until 2017. (Note: The F5J competition class itself only exists from 2011)