The competition is made up of a maximum of 3 rounds

Round 1

Set manoeuvres round wrapped in a freestyle flight

• Pilots will fly their choice of 4 set manoeuvres (from the published list)
• Flights should be between 2.5 and 3.5 minutes in total
• Each set manoeuvre within the flight can be awarded a maximum of 35 points (based on flying K3.5 manoeuvres)
• The overall flight appearance will be awarded points out of 50
• Each set manoeuvre will be called before it is started, along with the start and end points of the manoeuvre
• Total maximum points for the round is 190

Round 1 will be judged on the following criteria:

• Accurate execution of the manoeuvre
• Height (includes overall height of manoeuvre and height consistency throughout it)
• Entry and Exit
• Position and Symmetry

The Freestyle element of the set manoeuvres flight will be judged on the following criteria:

• Overall appearance (includes structure, flow, positioning, usage of flying area)
• Transitions between manoeuvres
• Variety (not repeating manoeuvres or transitions too often)

Round 2

Freestyle flight which will be judged and scored as follows:

Overall appearance (Out of 50 points) - includes:

• Variety
• Style (Aggressive, Smooth, Crowd pleasing, etc)
• Use of airspace (High, Low, Big, Small, etc)

Technical merit (Out of 50 points) - includes:

• Difficulty
• Transitions
• New manoeuvres
• Control (fully controlled flight - no winging it)
• Accuracy

The Freestyle flight should be as close to 3 minutes as possible

Round 3

Freestyle flight set to music which will be judged and scored as follows:

Choreography (Out of 70 points) - includes:

• Flying in time with the music
• Variety
• Style
• Use of airspace

Technical merit (Out of 30 points) - includes:

• Difficulty
• Transitions
• New manoeuvres
• Control (fully controlled flight - no winging it)
• Accuracy

Freestyle flight set to music should be between 2:50 and 3:10 in total time

Notes

All scores to be normalised

Pilots lowest scoring round to be dropped