- 17.1 Sanctioned Competition
- All United States Model Rocket Performance Records must be attempted, established, or surpassed during
competition sanctioned by the National Association of Rocketry in accordance with this United States Model
Rocket Sporting Code. No proxy-flown entries shall be permitted to earn a United States Model Rocket
Performance Record.
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- 17.2 Categories
- United States Model Rocket Performance Records may be set in any event and class unless judging is
required, or a minimum score is the goal. For example, records may be set in any class of Altitude or
Parachute Duration, but not in Scale Altitude or Spot Landing.
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- 17.3 Competition Divisions
- All United States Model Rocket Performance Records will be awarded in competition divisions.
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- 17.4 Return
- Regardless of the rules of the individual event, the model must be returned to the officials for a detailed
examination after the flight to verify compliance with all rules for that event.
Rule 10.4 does not apply.
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- 17.5 Surpassing
- Attempts to surpass an established United States Model Rocket Performance Record must exceed the
value of the established record performance by at least 1%.
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- 17.6 Radio Control
- A separate class of records will be kept for radio-controlled entries. Such models flown in slope soaring
conditions are not eligible for records. The flight conditions for a radio-controlled entry must be documented
as part of the record documentation.
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- 17.7 Setting New Records
- Contest Directors and Regional Contest Board Chairmen will examine the results of all flights flown in NAR
Competition to determine if they meet the requirements for a new performance record under the provisions of
Section 17. If the performance is a new performance record, the pertinent data shall be forwarded to the NAR
Records Subcommittee for automatic inclusion as a new United States Model Rocket Performance Record.
Individual modelers may, at their discretion, apply for recognition of a record-setting flight directly
to the NAR Records Subcommittee by sending a copy of their flight card for the flight and their entry
form for the sanctioned competition or record trials, both signed by the Contest Director.
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- 17.8 Certification
- It is the purpose of these homologation and requirements to ascertain that a given model did indeed attain
the flight performance claimed, and that a flight was made completely within the requirements of this United
States Model Rocket Sporting Code. The NAR Records Subcommittee has the right to request any additional record
substantiating data it feels may be necessary in the circumstances to achieve this purpose, and has the right
to disallow any record claim, regardless of the homologation data submitted, if the opinion of the NAR Records
Subcommittee the record attempt was unfairly made or untruthfully reported.
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