The Balloon Live project started in 2018 as a follow-up project to replace the FAI Balloon Competition Loggers introduced in 2009 by the New Technology Subcommittee of the FAI Ballooning Commission. The project has a larger scope. It replaces the existing loggers by a mobile app and an additional sensor box to guarantee a constant and equal quality of the position (GPS) and altitude (GPS and barometric) measurements. Additionally the live transmission of the data becomes reality and opens a lot of new possibilities for live coverage and tracking of the competition. Watchmefly.net is an essential part of the project as platform for data recording, visualisation and scoring.

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Balloon Live Contest 2020

This decentralised balloon competition allows participating pilots from different countries to compete against each other es in challenging and interesting task settings while flying in their area and country. For the start of the 2020 edition, the flying area is limited to the territories of the following 4 countries: Austria, Germany, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Pilots from all countries can participate.

4-6 tasksheets will be available to fly over a longer period. Only one scoring flight is possible per task sheet and per pilot. Some task sheets may allow for multiple attempts.

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FAI Balloon Live

2 months ago

Finally the Balloon Live team has send the order of 519 Sensors to Volirium/Flytec Balloon to be build.Here is a list of the Top 10 countries where sensor orders came from. Be prepared for an exciting Balloon Live season 2021 in the US, Japan, Germany, France, Poland,... 😀 ... See MoreSee Less

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FAI Balloon Live

3 months ago

The Balloon Live Team would like to thank all pilots, competitors, clubs, associations, federations, NACs for their amazing support. A total of 517 Balloon Live sensors have been ordered. We are working hard to get this huge number of devices produced and ready to ship in time. ... See MoreSee Less

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FAI Balloon Live

3 months ago

With a day left to order the new Balloon Live Sensor, the numbers are blowing our minds. The future of balloon competitions is clearly set and we see Balloon Live being used in many regional, national and international competitions very soon. Balloon Live will be ready! How about you?balloonlive.org/sensor-sale/ ... See MoreSee Less

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FAI Balloon Live

4 months ago

We hit another milestone. 200 sensors have been ordered. This will bring the device price down to 271€ (excl. VAT) for everybody. More orders are expected, also larger ones from different countries.Seeing so many pilots and countries buying Balloon Live Sensors, we feel confident to have many national and international events run with Balloon Live very soon.Don't forget to order yours by November 20, 2020, otherwise you might have to wait a year to get one. ... See MoreSee Less

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Balloon Live Contest 2020

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