Rules & Criteria
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LONGEST DISTANCE
LONGEST DISTANCE
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- All contests need to be held indoor without any wind, directly in Hangar-7, Salzburg.
- Paper planes must only be constructed out of one piece of paper handed out at the venue: standard A4 format, not more than 100 grams. The sheet must be modified by folding only! No ripping, gluing, cutting, stapling or ballasting is allowed!
- Paper planes have to be built at site with the provided official paper.
- The aircraft must be launched by one person throwing the aircraft unaided from behind a straight launch line marked on the floor. Passing over the launch line leads to disqualification. Touching the launch line or any point beyond during the launch, leads to an invalid attempt. After completion of the launch, the thrower may move beyond the launch line.
- Two trials per participant are allowed. Different planes can be used, the better attempt counts.
- The LONGEST DISTANCE will be measured in m/mm by laser technology.
By participating in the FLIGHT DISTANCE category of a QUALIFLYER - participants agree to the terms and conditions and confirm that they have read them - participants will be part of the Red Bull Paper Wings 2022.
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LONGEST AIRTIME
LONGEST AIRTIME
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- All contests need to be held indoor without any wind, directly in Hangar-7, Salzburg.
- Paper planes must only be constructed out of one piece of paper: standard A4 format, not more than 100 grams. The sheet must be modified by folding only! No ripping, gluing, cutting, stapling or ballasting is allowed!
- Paper planes have to be built at site with the provided official paper.
- The aircraft must be launched by one person throwing the aircraft unaided from a reasonably static position. The participant needs to have both feet firm on the ground during the attempt. A run-up or fast walk as part of the launch is not permitted, nor the use of ramps or like devices.
- Two trials per participant are allowed. Different planes can be used, the better attempt counts.
- Decisive for measurement are the moments when the paper plane leaves the hand and first time hits the ground or any object. Results are counted in tenth of seconds.
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AEROBATICS
AEROBATICS
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- All contests need to be held indoor without any wind, directly in Hangar-7, Salzburg.
- Support material is allowed but must not influence the flight once the plane is launched.
- Any special effects such as: rockets, flames, effects are PROHIBITED!
- Any music used must be sourced via the approved Red Bull music library
- The planes body needs to be out of paper but there are no restrictions with regards to paper quality, size and construction technique of the used planes.
- Planes are not allowed to be remote controlled.
- Support material is allowed, but engines are forbidden.
- Ready-made planes can be brought along to the competition.
- There are no limitations to the performance in terms of aerobatic body performance while throwing.
- The performance is judged by a jury. Each of the jury members can award 1 to 10 points. The summary of the awarded points will show the result.
- The jury will the judge according to following criteria:
- Engagement
- Flight performance
- Overall creativity (of thrower, plane & performance)
- With regards to flight performance, the jury should base their points on the execution of the flight and the performance itself, e.g. diameter of the loop / wave / circle; steadiness & duration of the flight.
- Each participant has a time slot of 30 sec. to perform, 60 sec. for preparation in front of the Jury in pre-elimination and 60 sec. to perform and 60 sec for preparation in the Super Finals.
These rules are approved and officially stated by the Flight Director who will be responsible for their observation in order to ensure a fair competition. Protest can only be done by the respective Country Team Captain and needs to be addressed to the Flight Director. The Flight Director can order recurrences.
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PRE-ELIMINATION ROUNDS AND SUPER FINALS
- All participants in each category will compete in qualification rounds that are called pre-elimination rounds.
- The top 15 participants from each pre-elimination round for each category will then compete in the Super Finals to decide on the winner.