Pilot of the Year Competition: Roll & Limbo
Wednesday May 20th @ 5:00 pm & Saturday May 23rd @ 2:00 pm
Each round of the Pilot of the Year Competition will be run on 2 calendar days:
Wednesday 5:00 PM and Saturday 2:00 PM weather permitting.
Each round of the competition will result in a winner.
At the end of the year the overall winner will receive the Pilot of the Year award.
Competitors can enter on the Wednesday or Saturday of each round.
i.e. if you cannot make the Wednesday competition you can do the Saturday competition, or vice versa, but you can’t do both.
Airplane to be used. Drone / Helicopter are forbidden.
Prizes are:
Discount voucher for NADMAS membership to the winner of each round of the competition.
Discount voucher for NADMAS membership to the overall winner of the competition (Pilot of the Year award).
Roll and Limbo
The tape will be supported by a pole on each side of the runway. (Audio / video cassette tape or similar.)
The starting height of the tape will be 6 Feet and the tape will be lowered by 1 foot for every round flown.
- For each round the pilot must take off and complete one circuit overflying the target area.
(For trimming & lining up purposes.)
- Prior to flying under the limbo, the airplane must perform a roll.
- In each round each contestant will be required to attempt to fly their model under the tape without it breaking the tape or touching the supporting poles or the ground. If they are successful, they proceed to the next round.
- Each remaining contestant takes turns to fly their model under the tape at the new height until only one successful contestant remains and they will be declared the winner.
- A valid attempt consists at minimum of a take-off, a circuit overflying the runway / limbo assembly followed by a circuit incorporating a roll and then flying under the tape followed by a circuit and a successful landing.
2 passes at the limbo are allowed in each attempt but a roll must be incorporated in each circuit.
Come and join in, it will be great fun