- 17.1 Sanctioned Competition
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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.
- 17.2 Categories
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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.
- 17.3 Competition Divisions
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All United States Model Rocket Performance Records will be awarded in competition divisions.
- 17.4 Return
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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.
- 17.5 Surpassing
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Attempts to surpass an established United States Model Rocket Performance Record must exceed the value of the
established record performance by at least 1%.
- 17.6 Radio Control
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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.
- 17.7 Altimeters
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A separate class of records will be kept for altitude entries where the altitude was measured using an altimeter. The record will use the altitude as defined in
Rule 14.10.4.
- 17.8 Setting New Records
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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.
- 17.9 Certification
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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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