Up to 3 planes may fly together
All planes turn left in an oval
Planes will be launched from the aligned configuration per the figure below.
- Spotters
will hold the airplanes from behind. The Starter will call
"ready" at which time the pilots may apply full throttle. The
Starter will raise and lower the starting flag, at approximately 1
second intervals. Each plane will take off in sequence starting
from the outermost plane.
There will be a turn judge for each airplane at each turn marker. The judge will waive a flag as the airplane he is judging passes the turn marker.
Timer starts when the first plane crosses the first turn marker. (2 min timer for standard rounds, 4 min for tiebreaker)
Laps are counted per Speedfest rule: 1 point awarded for each turn marker crossed, 1 full lap penalty (2 points) for each cut turn
Highest number of points wins. Ties are handled per the tiebreaker rule.
