Þytur RC club invites F3F pilots to the second Iceland Open which will be held on 29. April – 1. May* 2023 and is part of the Eurotour and FAI World Cup.
Registration opened on 27th of November at 1900 GMT on F3XVault.
https://f3xvault.com/?action=event&function=event_view&event_id=2536
A waiting list will be set up, if needed, at F3XVault.
There will be 20 slots for international pilots and we ask you to please confirm your registration by paying the 50€ registration fee no later than January 1st 2023.
Icelandic pilots will not count towards the registration limit.
* 1st of May is a public holiday in Iceland.
We’ll fly on hills around Reykjavik with most of them being within a 20 minutes drive. Map of the slopes is here and some of them are listed here with more detailed information.
Contest director: Sverrir Gunnlaugsson.
Jury will be appointed from the pilot pool.
Protest fee is 5000 IKR.
Maximum of 20 rounds will be flown.
As we are blessed with almost 24 hours of daylight during this time of the year we might run later than advertised, on Saturday and Sunday, if we need to for competition reasons.
Follow us on Facebook for the latest updates!
European drone legislation
According to the European drone legislation a certificate is necessary to fly in the EU.
Non EU citizens must acquire a certificate from this link:
https://trainingzone.eurocontrol.int/ilp/customs/Reports/RequestForm/DACAccount
Saturday 29th of April
Briefing at 9:00 on the slope of the day.
No rounds started after 17:00.
Sunday 30th of April
Briefing at 9:00 on the slope of the day.
No rounds will be started after 17:00.
Monday 1st of May
Briefing at 9:00 on the slope of the day.
No rounds will be started after 13:00.
Accommodations
We suggest you look at AirBnB or Booking for places to stay.
Hafnarfjörður, Kópavogur, Garðabær, Reykjavík and Mosfellsbær.
Flights to Iceland
Currently there are 24 airlines operating to Keflavik airport.
Ferry to Iceland
Smyril line sails MS Norröna to Iceland from Hirsthals in Denmark via Faroe Islands.
