Further to the discussion the other night about contest flying at CMASS launches.
Basics:
The Pink Book may be found at:
www.nar.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/USMRSC_July-2021.pdf
A competition flight card is available at:
www.nar.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/FC-1.pdf
The contest events for the 2021-2022 NRC season are:
1/4A Streamer Duration
1/2A Rocket Glider
A Parachute Duration
A Helicopter Duration
B Eggloft Altitude (altimeter)
B Altitude (altimeter)
Sport Scale
Competition in general is described in section 13 of the Pink Book. The rules for individual events are described in later sections.
Under the competition format put into place in 2017 a launch event that has been declared in advance to be an NRC and that has a contest director can be a competition launch. Flights are flown and results advised to the NAR where they are recorded and posted in the NRC database. The "scoreboard" is available at
www.nar.org/nrc-scoreboard/
At this time, if you can get a 1/4A streamer model to hang in the air for 52 seconds you would be the national leader.
To incorporate an NRC into a CMASS launch the mechanics would look this:
- Designation of Contest Director (CD)
- Advise NRC to NAR
- Designate a portion of the day to NRC flying (10-2?)
- Competitor completes CMASS and Competiton Flight Card for model check in. Model goes through existing RSO check and pad assignment.
- Timers drawn from volunteers/other flyers
- Flight flown and declared qualified by RSO/Range director/CD
- Result of flight recorded on Flight Card
- Model returned (necessary for altitude events and scale)
- Results collected by CD, posted to NAR site and CMASS site.
The competitor is free to fly at any NRC and should be working to improve results over the contest year (the contest year ends on June 30). Thus one could fly anything from your collection at, say, this first launch, then improve or rebuild the model for later launches.
As well, it appears that it is possible to compete as a non-NAR member and have the recorded as provisional then assigned to the NAR membership once it comes through. This would seem a good way to get junior members engaged in contest flying.