NIAA Aerobatic Championships

The Aerobatic Season in Northern Ireland isn't far away. In 2010 we will follow the successful format of 2 rounds for the NIAA Aerobatic Championships with Round 1 being at Ballymoney Model Flying Club on Sunday 25th April and Round 2 being on Saturday 4th September at North West Model Flying Club, a massive thanks to both clubs for the use of their fantastic facilities, anyone who has been at both the 2008 and 2009 competitions will agree a warm welcome has always been received.

We will use the IMAC Schedules again, flying Basic, Sportsman and for the first time Intermediate, the reason for this is simple, popularity, the success of the change in format a few years ago is now showing through, the level has increased and we now have quite a few pilots capable of flying at Intermediate Level, so let's keep improving.

The Schedules are below, a link to the Aresti and Written format.

BASIC SCHEDULE

Basic Aresti

Basic Written

1. 1 Roll (C)
2. ½ Cuban Eight , ½ roll on 45downline (E)
3. Humpty ,½ roll in upline (E)
4. Inside Loop (C)
5. Stall Turn (E)
6. Sharks Tooth, ½ roll in 45 upline (E)
7. Inverted teardrop (C)
8. ½ Reverse Sharks tooth (E)
9. Immelman ½ roll at top of ½ loop (E)
10. 1 ½ turn spin (C or E)

SPORTSMAN SCHEDULE

Sportsman Aresti

Sportsman Written

1. Pull 135 to 45 upline with 1 roll inverted exit (C)
2. Split S ,1 roll on entry ½ inside loop (E)
3. Inverted Teardrop ,½ roll on 45 upline (E)
4. ½ Cuban Eight , 1 positive snap,5/8 inside loop ,2 of 4 point roll in 45 downline (E)
5. Humpty,3/4 roll in upline ,½ outside loop 2/8 point roll in downline (E)
6. Reverse Sharks Tooth, 2 point roll in 45 upline ,½ roll in downline (E)
7. Inside loop with 1 roll over the top (C)
8. Stallturn, ½ roll in upline ,2/4 point roll in downline (E)
9. ½ Roll in 45 upline (E)
10. 1 1/4 spin ,exit crossbox (C or E)

INTERMEDIATE SCHEDULE

Intermediate Aresti

Intermediate Written

1. Sharks Tooth ,Inverted entry,2 point roll in upline, 1 roll in 45 downline exit upright (E)
2. Immellman ,½ inside loop , ½ roll opposite 1 positive snap (E)
3. 1 1/4 spin , opposite 3/4 roll exit upright (E)
4. Stallturn , 1 roll in 45 upline ,pull to vertical, 2/8 point roll in downline exit crossbox (E)
5. Humpty, 1 roll in upline,1/2 inside loop ,1/4 roll opposite ½ roll exit inverted (E)
6. Outside/Inside loop with 2/4 point roll over top exit upright (C)
7. Inverted Teardrop ,1 negative snap in inverted upline ,push 5/8 outside loop ,2/4 point roll in downline exit upright (E)
8. Fish tail, 1 Positive snap in 1st 45 upline ,½ roll in downline,4/8 point roll in 2nd 45 upline exit inverted (E)
9. 1 ½ rolls in downline , exit inverted (E)
10. 90 degree inverted turn with 1 roll to inside (E)

Some general points for NIAA Comps are,

• BMFA or MACI insurance required
• Any model can fly at the comp as long as it's safe and air worthy
• Although it's a comp, have a go and have some fun

The two rounds will be added up to decide who wins the overall NIAA Aerobatic Champions. There is a Novice Trophy which the Basic Level Pilots will compete for, for the Masters Trophy, the combined scores for each Sportsman and Intermediate pilot will be added together and percentaged against the maximum score available for your routine, thus giving the best pilot in their class the chance to win the trophy, the fairest way to do it,

Matthew Poots