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The British Championships are a qualifier for the World Helicopter Championships.
Military, civvy professional and PPL teams all compete on equal footing.
Saturday: Long Nav-ex
30 minutes) to plot 20 odd OS grid refs, turning points and a 50 sq mile search box. A bomb drop on route and a lapsed time to complete the exercise. Points deducted for late/early arrival, not finding waypoints, incorrectly identifying locations and not being at the correct altitude!
Sunday: Best spectator day
Water bucket:
Negotiating a water bucket at the end of a 15 metre rope, through twelve 1 metre wide gates in 3.5 minutes. Placing it on a tabletop target with the rope extended to 25 metres. Points deducted for water spilt.
Fender:
Three barrels in a tight area – time limit 30 seconds per barrel, to get a boat fender on varying rope lengths in each barrel. 50mm difference between the size of the fender and the size of the barrel.
Precision Flying
Manoeuvring the helicopter within “tram-lines” 1 metre wide, set out in a large 75 metre square, keeping the same heading throughout, with 2 different length chains attached to the undercarriage. One chain remains on the ground, the other must be off the ground at all times. Complete 2 - 360 turns at given points during the exercise, all with time restrictions. Land the helicopter precisely on a line afterwards. Points deducted for height infringements, going outside the tramlines, changing heading and exceeding time.
Some of the detail might be inaccurate - but that should give you the general idea.