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Latest Contest Rules

The latest contest rules, including the latest changes are available on the IAC website at https://www.iac.org/download-contest-rules

Extend Glider grading to also allow horizontal S loops to be at different altitudes
Alter 4-minute Free for gliders to change the time limitation to an altitude limitation
Revise medical incapacitation rules to be clear and appropriate
Revise 34.8.1 to allow only one seat belt in Glider Advanced
Clarify how zero lift axis varies during a roll on a 45
Amend rules governing corner judges to make use optional
Increase Presentation K factors (Power Intermediate changes from 15K to 20K and Power Advanced changes from 25K to 30K)
Clarify when the upline ends and the downline begins for hammerheads
Clarify when the upline ends and the downline begins for tailslides
Specify the deduction for non-integrated roll in quarter-clovers
Restore the roll-after-spin exception for Unlimited Unknowns
Clarify penalty for “blended exit” in competition turns
Using the base aircraft definitions to protest Unknowns; except the clarification will be omitted.
Update safety figure rules; except for the changes described in the proposed 14.3.3

A single competitor may fly a category and earn a trophy
Late contest arrivals allowed with no Jury approval but via Contest Director permission.
Student pilots may compete with a CFI Safety Pilot
Guidance on Grading Judge selection related to conflicts of interest.
All categories have the same opportunity to fly a third program.
Eliminate the requirement to have a current IAC Judge sign competitor Free programs.
Allowable Intermediate Unknown figures to include a full snap on a horizontal line and 1/2 snap on an up 45 line.
Remove the constraint on Unlimited Unknowns for max rotations on unlinked horizontal rolls
New deduction for each figure that cannot be properly graded due to viewing angle or distance.
Removed the “interior line” requirement for Advanced and Unlimited opposite roll versatility in Frees.
More options available to a Contest Jury so they may apply a penalty consistent with the situation.
Guidance on Jury selection to represent different chapters and regions.
Specify a HZ for adding a figure to the end of a sequence.
Expanded types of optional Safety Checks for Advanced and Unlimited pilots at all contests.
Allow trophies to be given out regardless of how many competitors are in a category
Rule Book is definitive
No numerical scores received
Remove presentation K from the A form and the Free Program Checklist
Allow Back to Back printing of the B and C Forms
Clarify Glider unlinked snap roll rules

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