🧭 Info for course setters

Allocation of control numbers for the events

BS11 units Available

Set	Range	Quantity	Notes
OACT	31-70	40-1	#70 bad battery
OA	71-109	39
ONSW	190-203 205-224 300-304	39	200 battery invalid, 202 damaged screen

Allocation to events

Event	N of controls	Allocated numbers	Set	Comments
WARM-UP	20	205-224	ONSW
MASS	38	71-88, 90-97, 99, 101-111, 300	OA, ONSW	110,111 do not exist need to be reprogrammed from 301,302
MIDDLE	39	31-67, 69	OACT,
SPRINT	44	71-86, 190-197, 205-224	OA, ONSW
LONG	27	31-57	OACT

Control stands, flags and SI unit logistics

All course-setting gear

OACT has in operation:

• 293 control flags (more that the total number of controls in the Carnival)

• 143 control stands with large baseplates (BSF7 and BS11BS)

  • Plus BSF8 plated – 20

  • Minus 9 stands in repair

• 5 setters’ vests + 2 belts to carry SI units

Logistic plan for control flags, stands and SI units:

• all SI units are set by Fedor before handing them out

Date	Time	From	Operation
Wed, Oct 16	morning	Shed	38 stands + flags \(\longrightarrow\) Cathy for MASS
Wed, Oct 16	morning	Shed	20 stands + flags \(\longrightarrow\) Marina for WARMUP
Wed, Oct 16	evening	FM garage	MASS units + vest \(\longrightarrow\) Cathy
Thur, Oct 17	early morning	FM garage	WARMUP units + vest \(\longrightarrow\) Marina
Thur, Oct 17	morning	Shed	44 stands + flags \(\longrightarrow\) Cath for SPRINT
Thur, Oct 17	morning	Shed	? Units 190-197 \(\longrightarrow\) Cath for SPRINT
Thur, Oct 17	morning	Shed	39 stands + flags \(\longrightarrow\) Michael for MIDDLE
Thur, Oct 17	morning	Shed	MIDDLE units + vest \(\longrightarrow\) Michael
			143 - (38+20+44+39) = 2 stands remain in the Shed All repairs will be complete Plus meshO has about 5 stands
Thur, Oct 17	evening	WARMUP	Units 205-224 \(\longrightarrow\) Cath for SPRINT
Thur, Oct 17	evening	WARMUP	20 stands + flags \(\longrightarrow\) Fedor for LONG
Thur, Oct 17	evening	Shed, meshO	2 stands + flags \(\longrightarrow\) Fedor for LONG
Fri, Oct 18	evening	MASS	Units 71-88 + vest \(\longrightarrow\) Cath for SPRINT
Fri, Oct 18	evening	MASS	38 stands + flags \(\longrightarrow\) FM garage
Sat, Oct 19	afternoon	MIDDLE	39 stands + flags \(\longrightarrow\) FM garage
Sat, Oct 19	afternoon	MIDDLE	MIDDLE units + vest \(\longrightarrow\) FM garage
Sat, Oct 19	evening	SPRINT	44 stands + flags \(\longrightarrow\) FM garage
Sat, Oct 19	evening	SPRINT	SPRINT units + vest \(\longrightarrow\) FM garage
Sun, Oct 20	early morning	FM garage	LONG units + vest \(\longrightarrow\) Fedor
Sun, Oct 20	afternoon	LONG	28 stands + flags \(\longrightarrow\) FM garage
Sun, Oct 20	afternoon	LONG	LONG units + vest \(\longrightarrow\) FM garage
Sun, Oct 20	evening	FM garage	143 stands + flags \(\longrightarrow\) OACT shed

Putting control stands into the hard ground

The main goal in placing the controls in the terrain is that the competitors can ride by the control without stopping.

Many times the ground is too hard for the control stand to be placed in such position. Possible strategies:

• Try to find a softer spot, but such that comeptitors can still ride by without stopping

• Use steel stake and hammer to make a hole in the ground, then place control stand in the hole

• Use rocks to create a small mound around the control stand which should hold it upright

The best working strategy proved to be:

• Use battery powered drill with 10mm masonry bit to make a hole in the ground, 8-12cm deep

• Use standard hammer (not mallet) or a rock to hammer the control stand into the hole

• Use the same instrument to ram the ground around the control This technique works even in the hardest ground including sandstone rock as shown in tests.

SI units

• We will be using BS11 units that are SI-Air only units with 1.5m range

• The unit is turned on and off by magnet by applying it to the side next to I/O symbol

Activating BS11 units

The units can not be activated by the competitors!
It is very important that the unit is turned on by the setter using the special magnetic stick.