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DARTS
Thermal Duration Rules
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The DARTS fly AMA Thermal Duration Rules, with a few local rules
as noted below
The Official AMA rules
apply to the following classes of Thermal Duration:
AMA Class A - Hand Launch*
AMA Class B - 2-Meter
AMA Class C - Standard Class
AMA Class D - Unlimited
Scale
AMA RES
AMA Nostalgia
*AMA Class A - Hand Launch is distinctly different from the FAI
Class of Hand Launch (F3K)
The FAI F3K Hand Launch rules are found HERE
Vista One Design Contests also use these same Thermal Duration
rules
Woody Contest also use these same Thermal Duration rules
DARTS local rules:
No real-time altitude sensing devices allowed
For club contests, we fly AMA Class D - Unlimited..
Models from class A, B and C may be flown in Class D - Unlimited
We normally fly
Seeded Man-on-Man format fir determination of flight groups
We use two types of landing tape for thermal duration
1. 25 foot tape, 100 points max, 1 point per 3 inches
2. 100 inch tape , 100 points max, 1 point per inch |
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