| The Summer
Electric competition is held at Leigh Park
Farm.
Competitions will be held on alternate Thursday evenings starting on Thursday 4th May and running through to 7th September. Any round which cannot be run for any reason will be abandoned and not re-scheduled. The final league positions will be based on the best 4 rounds by each competitor.
There is a single open class of 3 flights per round.
Models must comply
with BARCS Standard Model Characteristics for Open Class.
The Rules:
Pilot
|
Any
TRF member with a
qualifying model. |
Battery
|
Battery
to be pre-charged.
No re-charging between flights
No other battery restrictions |
Flights
|
3
rounds of 10 minutes
each slot (inclusive of motor run).
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Motor
Run
|
Brushed Motors: Only allowed during first 55 Secs of flight.
Brushless Motors: Only allowed during first 45 Secs of flight.
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Scoring
|
1 point per sec of flight up to max of the slot time i.e. 600 secs Plus landing bonus of up to 50 points. The scoring for each slot will award 1000points to the winner with other competitors scoring a proportion of the winners initial score multiplied by 1000. |
Bonus
Score
|
Max
of 50 points landing
bonus. |
Penalties
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No penalty for first 15secs of over-flight.
After 15 secs of over-flight - any landing bonus points will be lost
No score for out of field landing. |
Safety
|
Normal
club rules will
apply in addition to BARCS safety rules for competition |
The Competition Dates are
shown in the 'Calendar' Section.
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