Bloody Baron Contest

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DATES

9/9/2023 – Bloody Baron Series Registration/Meet and Greet/Practice
9/9/2023 – Membership Meeting (10am)
10/7/2023 – Bloody Baron #1
10/21/2023 – CCF Family Fun Fly
10/28/2023 – CCF Family Fun Fly Weather Backup
11/4/2023 – Bloody Baron #2
12/2/2023 – Bloody Baron #3
2/24/2024 – Bloody Baron #5
3/23/2024 – Bloody Baron #6
4/12/2024 – Bloody Baron Make-up Day (if needed)

WHERE TO PURCHASE

Hurricane Hobbies 904-551-0774 has kits in stock and if not they can order them and you don’t pay the shipping. Their prices are competitive with internet sites.

Flite test store: https://store.flitetest.com/ft-bloody-baron-mkr2/

Requirements: C Power Pack

CONTEST RULES

  • Aircraft will be FT Bloody Baron, Bloody Wonder, or Airplanes of similar size, construction, power pack, and agility.
  • All contestants will wear a hard hat for safety.
  • Flying line will be field area between runway and tree line.
  • Pilot line will be the standard CCF flying stations.
  • Spectator line will be a minimum of 40ft behind pilot positions but prefer spectators to stay behind fence line.
  • Any pilot will be allowed to have 1 launch assistant. After launch assistant must retreat to the spectator line.
  • Time for each round will be 3mins.
  • If a full streamer is cut during combat, pilot is allowed to continue participating until the end of the round in an attempt to regain pts lost.
  • If a pilot lands or crashes within the 3 min combat window for any reason they will not be awarded
  • continuous flight points.
  • Continuous flight points will be awarded for staying in the air and engaged for the entire 3 min round.
  • Participation points will be awarded for beginning and engaging within the 3 min combat window.
  • Streamer length scoring will be rounded down to the nearest ft.
  • There will be no structures, roughened leading edges, or other devices allowed on the model that could
  • Aid in the cutting of an opponent’s ribbon.
  • There will be 1 time keeper and boundary observer allowed beyond the spectator line.
  • All ribbon cut calls and scoring will be on an honor system basis.
  • Each contestant will be responsible for providing their own crepe paper streamer (Walmart $1 a roll).
  • Contests can choose any color streamer they choose except for white, blue, or black.
  • Black streamer will be flown by the points leader from the previous combat day.
  • Black streamer will be flown on combat day 1 by the previous series champion.
  • String length 5ft
  • Streamer length 20ft

SCORING

  • Streamer Cut +100 pts
  • Continuous Flight +30 pts
  • Remaining Streamer +60 pts for full streamer. -3 pts every ft lost.
  • Participation +20 pts