During the winters, there are two different styles of indoor aerobatics flown. F3P Sport, F3P Advanced and F3P-A represent more traditional artobatics where all of the pilots fly the same maneuvres in front of the judges. The emphasis is on the precision of the maneuvres. Three different classes/difficulty levels quarantees that while it’s easy to get started, there will be enough challenge for event the most skilled pilots.
In addition to these three classes with different skill levels, F3P-AM Aeromusicals class is flown. In this class each of the pilots fly a freestyle program to music, comprising of maneuvres of their own choice. The empasis is on the artistic quality and entertainmet value of the program. The precision of the maneuvres is still one of the criteria.
F3P Sport - for beginners in indoor aerobatics
| No | F3P Sport | K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take off | 1 |
| 2 | Stall Turn | 2 |
| 3 | Roll | 2 |
| 4 | Half Reverse Cuban-8 | 2 |
| 5 | Inverted fly | 2 |
| 6 | Loop | 2 |
| 7 | Landing | 1 |
| Total: | 12 |
VIDEO:
F3P Advanced (F3P-B) – for intermediate indoor pilots
| No | F3P Advanced (F3P-B) | K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take-off | 2 |
| 2 | Horizontal Eight | 3 |
| 3 | Loop | 4 |
| 4 | 4-Point-Roll | 5 |
| 5 | Double Immelmann | 6 |
| 6 | Stall Turn with two 1/2 Rolls | 6 |
| 7 | Top Hat with two 1/4 Rolls | 7 |
| 8 | Rolling Circle with 1/1 Roll Integrated | 7 |
| 9 | Landing | 3 |
| Total: | 43 |
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT9cYp0xHpI
F3P-A – for advanced indoor pilots
| No | F3P-A for winter 2008-2009 (Dutch schedule) | K |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takeoff | 1 |
| 2 | Rolling loop with one roll | 6 |
| 3 | 1/4-roll, half square in knife edge, 1/4-roll, exit inverted | 5 |
| 4 | Four point roll in 45-degree climb, exit inverted | 7 |
| 5 | Reverse top-hat, 1/4-roll up and down, exit inverted | 6 |
| 6 | Reverse cuban 8 from top with 1/2-rolls, exit inverted | 7 |
| 7 | Half square loop from top, exit inverted | 2 |
| 8 | 1 1/2 rolling circles with thee half rolls opposite, first 1/2-roll outside | 7 |
| 9 | Stall-turn, 1/2-roll up, exit inverted | 7 |
| 10 | Reverse 1/2-torque rolls, exit inverted | 4 |
| 11 | Humbty bumb, 1/2-roll up | 3 |
| 12 | 6/4-roll | 6 |
| 13 | Landing | 1 |
VIDEO: http://airtoimedia.nl/web/upload/JurgenHeilig/F3P-A-2009-4.wmv
Call sheets
Call sheets are available as PDF-files (Only in Finnish, sorry!):
New F3P-A Program for winter 2008-2009
F3P Sport and Advanced rules and maneuvre descriptions are available in finnish and in english.
In the Aeromusicals class each of the pilots prepares and flies a freestyle program to the music of their choise. Duration of the program is 120 seconds. The rules from the FAI class F3P-AM Aeromusicas apply.
The official rules can be found in the FAI Sporting Code that can be downloaded from www.fai.org
VIDEO: http://media.putfile.com/Pasi-K-rpp–F3P-AM-Eka-kierros