Build a Plane Contest
AeroPilots of St. Louis, Missouri
- Build a Plane Rules (same as below just downloadable)
- Build a Plane Score Sheet (same as below)
April 2003
Rules:
You must be a member in good standing.
You must have built the plane yourself.
A.R.F. (Almost Ready to Fly) and A.R.C. (Almost Ready to Cover) aircraft are not permitted.
Entries must be ready to fly. With engine, servos, push rods, tank, receiver, and battery installed. YOU DO NOT NEED YOUR TRANSMITTER!
There will be three classes, one entry per member per class.
BEGINNER: A member who has not entered a building contest before. Members entering this class may not enter any other class.
ADVANCED: Open to all members and all types of aircraft.
SCALE: Must be representative of a full size aircraft and will be judged in the looks catagory for it's likeness to that aircraft.
Judging will be done in five catagories:
LOOKS: This will be judged from 5 feet away.
COVERING: This includes paint, film and fabric. Each entrant will be judged on workmanship with no points being added for one type of covering over another.
AIRFRAME: Judging will be on straightness, incidence, and wash in, wash out. Do you have these and are they where they should be.
FLIGHT EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION: This will include engine, servos, pushrods, and control horn installation. PLANES WILL NOT BE DISASSEMBLED FOR JUDGING.
ACCESSORIES: Judges may award additional points for each extra accessory that complicated building, not to exceed a total of 5 points per entry. Examples of such extra accessories are; flaps, retracts, working lights, bomb drop mechanism, detailed cockpit, pilot, or other enhancements.
Each judging category will be awarded 1 to 5 points.
Planes previously entered in an Aero Pilots build a plane contest may not be reentered in this contest.
Plaques for first, second, and third place will be awarded in each class with 5 or more entrants. Classes with 4 or fewer entrants will only award a winner’s plaque for that class.
BUILD A PLANE CONTEST
Score Sheet - April 2003
Entry Number _________
Class: BEGINNER ADVANCED SCALE
LOOKS: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 _____________
Judge from 5 feet away.
COVERING: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 _____________
This includes paint, film, and fabric. Judged on workmanship with no points being added for one type of covering over another.
AIRFRAME: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 _____________
Judging will be on straightness, incidence, and wash in, wash out. .
EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 _____________
This will include engine, servos, pushrods, and control horn installation. PLANES WILL NOT BE DISASSEMBLED FOR JUDGING.
ACCESSORIES: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 _____________
Judges may award additional points for each extra accessory that complicated building, not to exceed a total of 5 points per entry. Examples of such accessories would be; flaps, retracts, working lights, bomb drop mechanism, detailed cockpit, pilot, or other enhancements.
Each judging category will have 1 to 5 points awarded in it.
TOTAL POINTS _____________
