So, you are saying, if you don't measure the plane until round 4, that any round previous to that the plane was too long counts? Any it CLEARLY states disqualication. If you are disqualifed, then that plane is out of the contest. I don't understand how that is so difficult to understand? Anything that doesnt have a % with it falls under the disqualification category. Maybe I'm missing how this is vague. I also called the AMA and asked this direct question and was told I am interpreting it right. If you want to change how it is interpreted, go for it, but the rule is clear. It doesn't say, any round previous is affected, because disqualification by definition means you can no longer use that plane, and any rounds flown with that plane are not counted. It doesn't specify rounds before that are counted. It says you can be DISQUALIFIED, which means ineligible to win. Just like in the NCAA in football if a player is found ineligible at the end of the season, all the wins with that player previously, even though he was found ineligible at the end of the year, the wins are forfeited. You don't have to catch them before hand.

dis·qual·i·fy (ds-kwl-f)
tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies
1.
a. To render unqualified or unfit.
b. To declare unqualified or ineligible.
2. To deprive of legal rights, powers, or privileges.



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