Instructional video - BalloonLive App

Dear pilots,

Andrew Robertson has made a very clear instructional video on how the BalloonLive App works.

For those who are not - or less - experienced with BLA here, I advise you to take a look at this one.

You can find the video via this link: https://youtu.be/vdNrcm0B2Fo 

Regards,

Jonas Maes

Flight Report Forms - Digital via Watchmefly.net

Dear pilots,

We will use the digital FRF during this competition.

The advantage of this is that the scorers will receive your FRF sooner, and therefore results can be calculated and published faster.

For those who are not familiar yet with this digital FRF, please take some time to look how everything works.

You can find an instruction video on https://watchmefly.net/blog/20210408-new-features.php or check the tutorial videos on https://watchmefly.net/blog/20210408-new-features.php 

Kind regards,

Jonas Maes

Balloon Live app and sensor - Test recording and operation recommendations

Dear Pilots,

To best prepare for any technology hiccups to be solved before we start the event, I would like to ask you to carefully read and follow these 3 important steps:

CHECK

Please check the following:

• the latest version of the Balloon Live app is installed (v2034)
• the Balloon Live Sensor has the latest firmware version (v4.19)

For further information and latest updates, please visit balloonlive.org

TEST AND TRAIN

To test the Balloon Live app with a BLS connected, you will have to log in with your WatchMeFly-account. Then select the British Nationals 2024- event to load the competition and flight data.

One practice flight has been defined and is ready to be used for testing. To test that everything is running smoothly, start at least one flight recording and let the app record for a minimum of 5-10 minutes (the longer, the better). While recording this flight, please do also test dropping markers and declaring goals. Watch especially for a good reactivity of the system. Maybe you can also include a waiting time between the selection of the marker/goal number and the final drop. This creates a realistic situation and will help eliminate potential problems. Don’t hesitate to repeat the recording. You can record multiple practice flights.

Once you stopped the flight, you can find your flight data on WatchMeFly.net for download.

Until the General Briefing we will check if all pilots have done such a test recording.

GET READY

Finally, please download and read the new "BLA and BLS Operation recommendations", available for download on https://balloonlive.org/downloads/

If you have any problem, please check the FAQ on balloonlive.org or ultimately contact support@balloonlive.org. 

Kind regards,

Jonas Maes

Example TDS

Dear pilots,

Attached you can find an example of a Task Data Sheet which will be used during this competition.

This example shows you how the tasks will be communicated during the briefing.

Kind regards,

Jonas Maes

Rules British Nationals - AXMER 2024

Dear Pilots,

Attached you can find the AXMER 2024 we will use during the British Nationals 2024.

Kind regards,

Jonas Maes

Land Owner Relations sessions

Two Zoom meetings will be held to go through some facts about Land Owner Relations ahead of the Nationals.

Tuesday 2nd July at 7pm:   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89989406571?pwd=G4nKVlsJSCBfZ2Det5y22dm7ZLbZMT.1
Thursday 4th July at 7pm:   https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89925634349?pwd=A0aDGu9o09aWU0PIJugOdXo2aEbLVs.1
Please join either of the sessions.