Time penalties
Pilots are required to complete the track and fly through the Air Gates following a predefined race track. Failure to do this correctly results in penalty seconds being added to their race time. For more serious breaches of the rules, pilots can also be disqualified.
Penalty seconds can be added for an incorrect passing of an Air Gate and for touching an Air Gate. These penalty seconds are added to the pilot’s time. They are as follows:
Incorrect passing of an Air Gate: A 2-second penalty is incurred for
• “Too High”: when a pilot passes Air Gates too high
• “Incorrect Level Flying”: performs incorrect level (horizontal) flying
• “Incorrect Knife Flying”: Performs knife (vertical) flying on the wrong side. This is when a pilot angles his plane to the left when it should have been to the right, or to the right when it should have been to the left.
Touching a gate: A 6-second penalty is incurred when a pilot touches a pylon with any part of the plane (if considered dangerous it could result in disqualification).
Disqualification (DQ)
Pilots can be disqualified for dangerous flying or not flying the track correctly.
Dangerous Flying:
• any form of dangerous flying
• flying too low
• crossing the safety line
• exceeding the maximum entry speed of 200 knots
• exceeding the maximum G load factor of 12 G
Not Flying the Track: deviation from the predefined race track
Did not start (DNS)
If a pilot misses his slot for whatever reason, he is not permitted to take part in the race and it is recorded as a DNS.
Safety Climb out (SCO)
If a pilot decides at his own discretion to discontinue flying the Race Track due to safety reasons and he communicates immediately via radio the wording “Safety Climb Out” or obviously discontinues flying in the Race Track because of safety reasons, it is recorded as “Safety Climb Out”. SCO has the same consequences as “Disqualified” with respect to participation in the Flying Sessions.
Did not finish (DNF)
If a pilot decides at his or her own discretion to stop flying the Race Track due to other reasons than mentioned under Safety Climb Out (SCO) it is recorded as “Did not finish”. DNF has the same consequences as “Disqualified” with respect to participation in the Flying Sessions.
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