IPC decision on NJ - anyone aware of?

[FeFe 0]

Did they change it at the Lisbon meeting?

[mjasantos 0]

Hi all,

Following last 55th IPC Plenary Meeting recently held at Lisbon (Portugal), the complete set of Formation Skydiving Rules IPC 2004 as well as the Summary of Changes, are already available from FAI Web Site:

Complete set of Formation Skydiving Rules IPC 2004 (http://www.fai.org/parachuting/documents/fs4-8_2004.pdf)

Summary of Changes (http://www.fai.org/parachuting/documents/FS_changes_2004.pdf)

Overview of the most significant recent updates, regarding Formation Skydiving:

Rule Section 4.4
Competitors are not allowed to use a wind tunnel (freefall simulator) after the draw has been made.

Rule Section 4.8.3
If an infringement in the scoring formation of a block sequence is carried into the inter (ref.2.8), this will be considered as one infringement only, and only one point will be deducted, provided that the intent of the inter requirements for the next formation is demonstrated and no other infringement occurs in the inter.

Rule Section 5.4
The Judges will watch the video evidence of each jump to a maximum of three times at normal speed. If, after the viewings are completed, and within fifteen seconds of the knowledge of the result, the Chief Judge, Event Judge or any Judge on the panel considers that an absoloutly incorrect assessment has occurred, the Chief Judge or Event Judge will direct that only that part(s) of the jump in question be reviewed. If the review results in a unanimous decision by the Judges on the part(s) of the performance in question, the score for the jump will be adjusted accordingly.

Rule Section 5.7
If Judges cannot determine the start of the working time, the following procedure will be followed. Working time will start as the videographer separates from the aircraft and a penalty equal to 20% (rounded down) of the score for that jump will be deducted from the score for that jump.

Rule Section 6.3.6.4
Videographers must be entered for each team as part of the delegation. The evaluation process for the video evidence will be the same for any Videographer. Videographers may be one of the following:
A) One of the team in which case they may only jump as a Videographer and they will be eligible to receive awards and medals, or
B) Other Videographers, regardless of gender, from any delegation.These Videographers are not eligible for awards and medals. In this case there may be no more than five (5) competitors in a 4-Way team and no more than nine (9) competitors in an 8-Way team. These Videographers may jump only as a Videographer and are subject to the same regulations as other competitors on the team. Option B is valid for 2004 and 2005 only. The Videographer may be replaced, (with the agreement of the Meet Director) in which case the replacement Videographer will not be eligible for medals.

Blue Skies!

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Mario Santos
Portugal