Flight Contest

Thomas Weise
Deutscher Praezisionsflug-Verein e.V. (German Precision Flying Club)

https://flightcontest.de

Flight Contest is a tool to schedule aviation power flying competitions (Precision Flying, Air Rally Flying, Air Navigation Race) and to evaluate planning, navigation, observation and/or landing test results.

Flight Contest features flexible competition management, particularly supporting
* Several competition rules (FAI, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, expandable; adjustment of individual evaluation details (points) possible, should the need arise)
* Competition classes (different evaluation of groups of crews participating in a competition)
* Combined competitions (competitions taking place at the same time with the same competitors participating in)
* Parallel competitions (competitions taking place at the same time with different competitors participating in)
* The evaluation of specific groups of crews, which can be determined on an ad hoc basis

Is an open source, multilingual, network-enabled database application based on Java techniques:
* User interface runs in a (modern) web browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge Chromium, etc.).
* It can be used simultaneously on several networked computers.
* Every user can use his/her preferred language (German, English, expandable).
* Crash-safe.
* High protection against operating errors.

Supports special route features:
* Secret time checks
* Scenic legs
* Semicircles
* Touch-and-go landings
* Corridors

Internal Task Creator for fast route creation (based on Rallye Flying Task Creator https://www.airrats.cl/taskcreator?lang=en).

Generates OSM-based topographic competition maps:
* OSM-data of multible regions available (Europe, Chile, South Africa, expandable)
* Contour lines from SRTM data are added by default
* Airfields from OpenAIP data can be added (ICAO symbols)
* Airspaces from OpenAIP data can be added
* Additional map objects that are not included in the OSM data can be added
* Additional airfields that are not included in the OpenAIP data can be added

Provides integrated map viewers for navigation flights, routes and logger files:
* Offline map display for navigation flight evaluation
* Fast offline map display near a selected checkpoint
* Online map display with Open Street Map, Open Topo Map, your printed competition map and the Open AIP layer
* Logger data display for GAC, IGC, GPX, KML, KMZ and NMEA files with optional gpx download

Supports GAC, IGC, GPX, KML, KMZ and NMEA-0183 logger data formats (expandable).

Creates PDF for print and internet publishing.

Displays live results (live scoring):
* Display of preliminary ranking during a debriefing
* Simultaneous publication in the local network and on the internet
  
Support for Airsports Live Tracking (https://airsports.no) to create navigation tasks

Emailing of crew result to participants.