02 Characteristics of Electric Powered Thermal Duration Radio Controlled Airplanes
a) Maximum Surface Area unspecified
b) Maximum Flying Mass 5 kg
02.1 The Electric power system shall be comprised of a single electric motor, optional gearbox, an on board battery pack, and propeller.
02.2 Folding propellers are permitted.

02.3 In Speed 400 class airplanes the motor is limited to a brushed, ferrite Mabuchi (RS-380) type electric motor commonly referred to as a Speed 400. The battery pack shall contain Nickel Cadmium (NiCad) or Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMh) batteries of no more than 8 cells total. The motor run time is limited up to a maximum of 60 seconds.

02.4 In 7 cell class airplanes any motor is permitted. The battery pack shall contain Nickel Cadmium (NiCad) or Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMh) batteries of no more than 7 cells total. The motor run time is limited up to a maximum of 40 seconds.

02.5 In Unlimited class airplanes any motor is permitted. The battery pack shall contain Nickel Cadmium (NiCad) or Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMh) batteries of no more than 30 cells total. The motor run time is limited up to a maximum of 20 seconds.

02.6 In any class of airplane, each battery cell shall have a volume no greater than 19.66 cubic centimetres (1.2 cubic inches) and shall weigh no more than 2.0 ounces. These maximum size restrictions refer to commonly available "Sub C cells".
02.7 The radio shall be able to operate simultaneously with other equipment at 20 kHz spacing.
02.8 Any device for the transmission of information from the model to the pilot is prohibited.
02.9 No fixed or retractable arresting device (i.e. bolt, saw tooth-like protuberance, skeg, etc) is
permitted. The underside of the model must not have any protuberance other than surface control linkages (with or without fairing).

03 Competitors and Helpers
a) The competitor (pilot) must operate his radio equipment personally. b) Each competitor is allowed one helper to act as timer, spotter and to assist in launching the airplane c) All others shall remain behind the safety line during any flying.

04 The Flying Site
a) The competition must be held on a site having reasonably level terrain and be of a size suitable for this type of event.
b) Each pilot will have their own designated launch and landing zone for each flight group. The landing zone centre for each pilot will be spaced 20 feet (6 meters) in front of the area designated for the pilot to stand. Adjacent pilots will be no closer than 35 feet (10.6 meters) to the left or right of any other pilot position.
c) The centres of the landing circles must be marked out. At the discretion of the Contest Director, marks indicating the circumference of the circles may be omitted and replaced by the use of other means of measuring, such as a tape, to check distances from the centre of the circles.

05 Contest Flights
a) The competitor will be allowed a minimum of two (2), preferably more, official flights.
b) There is an official attempt at a flight when the model has left the hands of the competitor or those of a helper when launching the airplane.
c) The competitor will be allowed one attempt at each official flight.
d) The official flight for a round is the last flight performed during the working time.
e) All flights are to be timed by stopwatch. In the event the stopwatch malfunctions, the flight will be flown again.

06 Re-flights
The competitor is entitled to a new working time in an incomplete group, or with his original group at the end of the task if:
a) the model in flight collides with another model in flight, or with a model in the process of being launched.
b) the flight has not been judged by the official timekeepers.
c) the flight was hindered or aborted by an unexpected event, not within his control.
In the case of additional attempts during a round for the reason of re-flights, the better of the two results will be the official score, except for the pilots who are allocated the new attempt. For those, the result of the repetition flight is the official flight. Note that in the case the competitor continues to launch or does re-launch after clearing of the hindering condition(s), he is deemed to have waived his right to a new working time.

07 Cancellation of a Flight and/or Disqualification
The flight is cancelled and recorded as a zero score if the competitor used a model not conforming to any item of rules. In the case of intentional or flagrant violation of the rules, in the judgement of the Contest Director, the competitor may be disqualified.
The flight in progress is annulled and recorded as a zero score if the model loses any part during the launch or the flight, except when this occurs as the result of a mid-air collision with another model. The flight is cancelled and recorded as a zero if the model is piloted by anyone other than the competitor.
The flight is cancelled and recorded as a zero score if, during landing, some part of the model does not come to rest within 75 metres of the centre of the competitor's designated landing circle.

08 Organization of the Flying
The flying order for the initial qualifying rounds shall be arranged in accordance with the transmitter frequencies in use to permit as many simultaneous flights as possible. A maximum of 6 should be scheduled in each group.
The flying order shall be scheduled in rounds sub-divided into groups.
The flying order shall be determined by a matrix system that minimises situations where competitors fly together more than once.

09 Control of Transmitters
Only transmitters on frequencies legal in Canada may be operated in Canada. These are specific channels in the 72 MHz band and 50 and 53 MHz amateur radio band frequencies only.
The Contest Director will not start the contest until all competitors have handed over ALL transmitters to the organisers.
Failure to hand in a transmitter before the official starting time of the contest may result in the competitor forfeiting his/her first round flight.
Any test transmission during the contest without permission of the Contest Director is forbidden and could result in disqualification.
The competitor must hand over his transmitter to the designated official as soon as possible after finishing his/her flight.

10 Launching
The Contest Director will designate a launching area.
Any model launched prior to the start of a group's working time must be landed as soon as possible and re-launched within the working time.
The Launch Master will give a one-minute countdown prior to the start of the slot. This will be in ten-second increments with a countdown from 10 seconds prior to the start of the slot.
The Launch Master will signal the start of the flight time slot, signal "Motors-Off" and signal the end of the flight duration at 10 minutes. All timers will start their watches upon the start signal from the Launch Master and each timer will stop their watch as the plane ceases forward motion.

The motor may be started and stopped anytime after the start signal and prior to the "Motors-Off" signal. There is no bonus for using less than the motor run time allowed. Any motor running after the "motor-off" signal will result in a zero flight and landing score for that flight. The goal is to get everyone to a reasonable altitude before the motor run period ends.

11 Landing
Before the contest commences, organisers must allocate a landing circle to each competitor. It is the competitor's responsibility to ensure that he/she always uses the correct circle for landing.
After landing, competitors may retrieve their models before the end of their working time providing they do not impede other competitors or models in their group.

12 Scoring
The flight will be timed from moment of release to either:
a) when forward motion of the model ceases; Touch and goes will NOT stop the clock, or
b) the moment the model first touches any object in contact with the ground. or
c) completion of the group's working time.
The flight score will be composed of one (1) point for each full second of flight time.
A penalty of fifty (50) points will be deducted from the flight score for over-flying the end of the group's working time for up to a maximum of one (1) minute. A zero score will be recorded for over-flying the end of the group's working time by more than one (1) minute.
Landing outside the field boundaries or contacting any person during the flight will result in a zero score for that round.
If you foul another pilots landing, because your plane is in their assigned landing zone, you will receive a zero for the flight and landing.
Landing points of 20, 10 or 5 points will be awarded for landing in the appropriate landing circle of 1 (one), 2 (two) or 3 (three) meter diameter. You must land in your assigned circle to receive landing points.
The distance for landing bonus is measured from the model nose or spinner (not propeller blades) at rest to the landing spot allocated to the competitor by the organisers. Planes must land right side up, in flyable condition with NO parts shed to receive landing points.
The competitor, who achieves the highest aggregate of points comprising of flight points plus landing bonus points and/or minus penalty points, will be the group winner and will be awarded a corrected score of one thousand points for that group.
The remaining competitors in the group will be awarded a corrected score based on their percentage of the group winner's total score before correction (i.e. normalised for that group) calculated from their own total score as follows: Competitors score X 1000 divided by highest un-corrected score in round