Rules

Regional Rules..

NW Regional Championships

At the end of the NW competition season, a Regional Championship trophy will be awarded to the highest scoring pilot in each of the five IMAC classes, Basic through Unlimited. In addition, a senior trophy will be awarded to the pilot over sixty who is the most consistent highest scorer in this senior group. Pilots will accrue points that count toward these Regional Championships by competing in sanctioned IMAC contests in the Northwest Region. The rules for the NW Regional Championships follow.

NW Regional Contest:

An IMAC contest will only result in the awarding of points that count toward NW Regional Championships if it meets the following criteria:

1.	It must be held within the NW Region boundaries. Out of Region Contests may be included at the discretion of the NW Regional Director.
2.	It must have the proper sanction of the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) or, if in Canada, the Model Aeronautics Association of Canada (MAAC).
3.	It must be approved by the NW Regional Director as a regional points contest.
4.	It must be run in accordance with the current IMAC Flying & Judging Guide.
5.	It must be scored with the current NW Region scoring program including the senior championship.
6.	Contest results must be submitted to the Regional Director or the Regional Web Master within one week of the conclusion of the contest.

Contest Drop Schedule:

Contest scores will be accumulated by pilots as the season progresses and similar to contest scoring, some number of contests will be dropped, i.e., each pilot will be able to drop one or more of his worst scores. The number of contests dropped will be a function of the total number of contests flown in the region for the season and drop schedule is detailed in the following table:

Contests Flown/Scored in Region	Best Contests Scored for Each Pilot
<= 7	4
8 - 9	5
10 -11	6
>= 12	7

Pilots Eligible for Participation in Regional Championships:

Only pilots who are current IMAC members within the NW Region at the time of a contest may accrue regional points at that contest. In addition, military personnel located in the NW Region who are IMAC members but who are registered in a different region may participate in the NW Regional Championship. These military folks should declare their intention to participate to the NW Regional Director and the regional scorer/web master.

Note that joining IMAC in mid season will only provide for accumulation of regional points for contests flown after the membership date. Any contests flown during the season before a pilot joins IMAC and the NW region will not be retroactively counted.

Regional Points:

Each pilot that flies in a NW Regional Contest will accrue some number of regional points that will count toward the Regional Championship in the class he is flying. Should a pilot change class during the season, the points he has accumulated in his current class will not transfer to his new class. Also, regional points will only be awarded to pilots who fly against at least one competitor at the contest being scored. Should a pilot find himself as the only pilot in a class that has been offered at a contest, he may fly and he will win the class trophy for that contest but he will not be awarded regional points for that contest.

The regional points awarded to each pilot for a given contest will be normalized similar to the manner in which sequence scores are normalized during a contest. That is to say that the contest winner in a class will receive 1000 regional points for that contest and all other pilots will receive a number of regional points that are proportionate to the winner based on each pilots final contest score. In addition to the normalized regional points, each pilot will receive 5 additional bonus regional points for each pilot he beats in the contest.

Example for one class at a contest:

Contest Score	Reg Pts Awarded	Bonus Pts	Total Reg Pts Earned
6875	1000	15	1015
6723	978	10	988
6145	894	5	899
5475	796	-	796

These regional points will be accumulated as the season progresses and each pilots worst scores will be dropped according to the drop schedule above.

Senior Championship:

For the purpose of the senior championship, a senior is defined as anyone sixty years of age or older at the start of any NW contest. These senior pilots, in all classes, will compete for the senior trophy at each NW contest as well as for the year end senior championship. Competition for the senior contest trophy at each contest is based on each pilot’s percentage of the total maximum possible raw score achieved at the contest. The regional points that then are awarded to each senior pilot will be calculated in the same manner as the regional points calculation just described above, i.e., they will be normalized. Thus, the senior, no matter which class, whose final contest score is the highest percentage of his maximum potential score will receive 1000 regional points toward the senior regional championship plus 5 points for each senior pilot he beats. All other senior pilots will then be awarded a proportionate number of senior regional points for that contest based on their final percentage achieved relative to the winner - plus 5 points for each senior pilot they beat.

Regional Championship Contest:

The NW Regional Championship contest will be the last contest of the season where a pilot will be able to accrue regional points that count toward the individual regional championships. The NW Regional Director, at the beginning of each season, will work with the various clubs in the region and choose the host club for the Regional Championship contest. The goal is to move this contest around the region from year to year.

Regional points at this contest will be calculated as described above but they will carry a 50% premium. This means that a class winner will be award 1500 regional points plus 5 points for each pilot in class that he beats. All other pilots earning regional points at this contest will be awarded points in a similar fashion based on their finishing position in class at this contest.

Tie Breaker for Regional Championships:

In the event that, after completion of the Regional Championship Contest, two pilots end up with identical scores the following tie break process will apply:

	- The primary tie break will be the highest “dropped score” at the Regional Championship Contest.
	- The secondary tie break becomes necessary if, after applying the primary tie breaker, the two pilots still have identical scores. In this case the secondary tie breaker will be the next highest “dropped score” at the Regional Championship Contest.
	- If, after applying the primary and secondary tie breakers, the two pilots still have identical scores, they will be considered co-champions and they will share that season’s Regional Championship.

If, for some reason, the Regional Championship Contest is cancelled and two pilots are tied, then the last scored contest prior to the Regional Championship Contest which included either pilot will serve as the tie breaker and the above tie breaker process will be applied. If the Regional Championship Contest is held but neither of the pilots involved in the tie flew in it, then the contest closest to the Regional Championship Contest that either pilot flew in will be used as the tie breaker contest and the above tie breaker process will be applied.

Post Season Contest:

Contests may be held within the region after the NW Regional Championship Contest. The usual contest trophies will be awarded at these contests but the results will not be counted in the Regional Championships for the current year nor will they count toward the regional races for the following year.