ORIGINAL: Steve Campbell
I've got the Judging Guide and all applicable downloads from the IMAC site, and have read most of it..I've got my "book" with me, and will peruse it further today.
IMAC Rules page GR-2, Section 3.5 Difficulty or âKâ factors for known and unknown sequences
will be derived from the current FAI catalogue used in International
Aerobatic Club (IAC) competition, and modified as required by the
International Miniature Aerobatic Club (IMAC).
Quick question... it appears to me that it is more important NOT to zero a manuever than it is to score high in any one manuever; in terms of a decent overall score.
It depends. For instance, a zero on the Sharkstooth loses you 180 points per judge (360 with both giving zeros) while a zero on the Immelmann loses you 100 points per judge, or 200 total. I can tell you that it is possible to zero a low K figure and do well on the high K figures and beat someone who did not zero anything. Of course, it is best NOT to zero anything, but don't ever think that it means the round is a total loss.
Say you got a zero on the Immelmann an 8 on the Sharkstooth. You would have a total of 288 points. Now say you got 5's on BOTH. You would only have 280 points with no zeros. So you can see, it all depends on what you zero and how well you do on the others.