Contest Rules

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1. Timed pirouetting hover
Task

The pilot will pirouette their helicopter for sixty seconds starting from nose-in and ending nose-in.
The helicopter must be kept in a constant pirouette after take-off until landing.

Object

Once the pilot is ready, the pilot will lift the helicopter off, at this point the timer will start the stop watch.
The helicopter must be kept in a constant pirouette after take-off. The pilot then in his own mind will pirouette
till they think they have reached 60 seconds, at which they will stop the pirouette, then bring the helicopter
nose-in and set the helicopter back down on its skids. (No watches or transmitter clocks can be used).
At this point the timer will stop the watch. If for any reason the helicopter skids touch the ground,
that will stop the watch which ends their attempt.

Scoring

The difference between (either over or under) to 60 seconds will be your score.
The pilot will try to get the lowest time they will get.

2. Timed pirouetting pad hop
Task

The pilot will take of nose-in and touch each pad nose-in with there skids in the order of there choice,
while doing 1 pirouette between each pad touch.

Object

Time begins when the skids of the helicopter lifts off of the starting pad and ends when the helicopter
touches all six pads and returns to the starting pad. Skids must be fully on the pad. This will complete
your time for the first attempt. Without shutting helicopter down, the timer will have you do a second attempt,
the goal is being as close to the time of your first attempt.

Scoring

Your score will be the difference between the two attempts.
This score will be added to you 60 second hover attempt.

The scores will be added together and the pilot with the lowest score will win.
There will be places for up to 3rd place.

Auto contest

Task

The pilot will take the helicopter up 200 feet and kill the engine. Each pilot will attempt this three times.
There is no practice autos.

Object

The pilot will try to get the nose of the helicopter as close to the spot on the ground as they can.

Scoring

The judge will measure the distance from the nose of the helicopter to the spot on the ground.
This distance will be the score for the attempt.

The three attempts will be added together and the pilot with the lowest score will win.
There will be places for up to 3rd place.