한편 인증 받은 기체와 다른 글라이더를 제조해 문제가 되고 있는 모 제조사와 관련 어제 월드컵 커미티의 결정은 본 대회가 끝난후 현재 사용하고 있는 기체와 똑같은 기체를 다시 인증 기관에 보낸후 모든 메뉴버 테스트를 다시 검증후 만약 통과를 못할 시 그 기체를 탄 선수들에 대한 공식적인 점수를 인정하지 않은 다는 결정을 내렸다고 합니다. 하지만 이것은 제조사의 문제이지 선수들의 문제가 아니기에 과연 어떤 결과가 나올지에 대한 큰파장이 예상되며 앞으로 이부분에 대해 심각한 논의가 있어야 할 것으로 보입니다.
내일부터 다시 대회는 시작될 전망이며 현재 맑은 하늘을 드러낸 날씨를 보이고 있습니다. 그럼 내일 또 소식 전하도록 하겠습니다.
감사합니다.
아래 메일은 월드컵 커미티에서 결정한 내용에 대한 것입니다. 참고하시길.
Dear pilot,
After several meetings, here is the outcome :
Glider Checking
Some of the gliders so far tested have been found to have a trailing edge
longer than that of the glider submitted to Air Turquoise for certification.
As far as the PWCA can determine, this measurement is not specifically
mentioned in the EN norm and no tolerance is provided. In emails reproduced
below, both Alain Zoller and Harry Buntz confirm this. Alain also states that
it may not be possible to determine whether the glider conforms to
certification without further flight testing.
The PWCA is not a testing house and is not professionally qualified to
determine whether a particular glider is certified or not. Therefore there is
no option other than to continue the competition as normal, but to keep the
results provisional. The top ranked gliders from the three top manufacturers
will then be sent to the relevant testing house to verify whether they are
certified in their current configuration.
Alain Zoller Email:
That is tricky to answer, I'll say:
to have better idea of the real differences you have to compare the
measurement btw official user's manual from manufaturers, our measurement and
what you measured on the physical glider. Even check few gliders to be sure
about the production.
The consequences of such of difference can really make the glider out of the
certification, not really through the standards because I just realised is no
tolerance at all for these kind of measurements.
What is difficult to know if the tension of the glider in flight will make
the difference for to call the glider certified. I guess only the flight test
can actually show if the physcal glider have the same behaviour as the
certified one.
My personnal point of view, this glider doesn't fit the sample how was
certified.
Harry Buntz Email:
we normally store only the tested samples. We do not measure the trailing and
leading edge in certification procedure. We store the glider as a sample that
we can compare it if there are problems, like now.
You have to ask the manufacturer which are the tolerances of the wingspans,
while we do not have anything to compare.
We could test flight the wings with different wingspans to tell you the
difference.
For sure there will be a small difference in the span, but we are not the
specialist of production tolerances.
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