Judging
You can choose to judge or fly or do both.
Judging will help you enhance your aerobatic flying by improving your insight into what is required in terms of accuracy, geometry, symmetry and speed.
Judges at an F3A World Championships pictured above.
At our UK comps there will normally be two judges, or more for the bigger competitions.
A good way to start judging is to “shadow” judge at a comp, where you can give it a try, without your scores affecting the result.
The Notaumatic, pictured above, is a dedicated device used to record the score for each manoeuvre, automatically upload them and calculate the final scores.
At a competition, pilots can view their and other pilots scores, in real time on their mobile.
Get Started
Get started as a Judge
A good place to start is with the Manoeuvre Execution Guide, as it provides accurate guidelines for the proper execution of aerobatic manoeuvres for both judges and pilots.
Get StartedGet a head start on judging with this guide:
Judging Insights by Stuart Mellor: “A View from the Chair”Resources
Further Reading
The Sporting Code defines all the rules of F3A aerobatics with the Abbreviated Judging Guide as a quick reference.
There is an online test you can use to practice or complete to show your current achievement.
Links to the above:
Abbreviated Judging Guide Manoeuvre Execution Guide FAI Sporting Code