To setup a new contest, select New from the File menu. An empty results view will be displayed.
Contest Information
Select Information from the Contest menu to set the name
and type of contest: Section, Local, Open, Regional, or National. You also have
the option to enter the sponsor section or individual, meet date, location,
contest director, and sanction number.
Event Information
Select Events from the Contest menu to set the events
for this contest. To add an event, first select it from the Events pull-down
menu. Then fill in additional information as needed for motor type, baseline,
multiround, and target altitude/duration. Finally, press the Add button to add
the event. To remove an event, select it from the Event List and press the
Remove button. Note that any flight data entered for that event will be lost.
Contestants
Select Contestants from the Contest menu to set the
contestants for this contest. Enter the contestant name, NAR/Team number, and
division. Excessively long names such as "Illudium Q36 Explosive Space
Modulators" may need to be shortened to approximately 30 characters to be
displayed neatly. Numbers must be unique, so if there are several contestants
with pending numbers, enter them as "PEND-1", "PEND-2", etc. Team numbers should
be entered as T-008, T-043, etc. For teams, also select the division of the oldest
team member. This is used as needed when combining divisions.
Optionally enter the section number, section name, and other contact infomation.
Alternatively, contestants may be imported from a tab-delimited text file by selecting Import Contestants from the File menu. The text file must contain only one contestant per line. Each line must contain the following fields, separated by tabs. Only the first 4 fields are required. If you choose to supply optional fields, be sure to include blanks as needed to preserve field order.
Trackers
For contests with altitude events, choose Setup Tracking from the Contest menu.
The name for each tracking station may be changed as needed. If 2 or 3 tracking
stations are being used, you may use redundant tracking, where there are 2
scopes at each station. In this case, altitude is calculated for each of the
combinations of tracking scopes. For each pair of tracking stations, you can
specify the baseline. When using more than 2 tracking stations, azimuth angles
between the stations must also be specified, as well as clockwise (CW) or
counter-clockwise (CCW) azimuth reporting. Examples of various tracking station
arrangements are shown below.
2 Stations | 3 Stations | 4 Stations |
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Default Station 1: zero on Station 2, CCW Station 2: zero on Station 1, CW |
Station 1: zero on Station 2, CW Station 1 to Station 3 azimuth: 60° Station 2: zero on Station 3, CW Station 2 to Station 1 azimuth: 60° Station 3: zero on Station 2, CCW Station 3 to Station 1 azimuth: 60° |
Station 1: zero on Station 2, CW Station 1 to Station 3 azimuth: 45° Station 1 to Station 4 azimuth: 90° Station 2: zero on Station 1, CCW Station 2 to Station 4 azimuth: 45° Station 2 to Station 3 azimuth: 90° Station 3: zero on Station 4, CW Station 3 to Station 1 azimuth: 45° Station 3 to Station 2 azimuth: 90° Station 4: zero on Station 3, CCW Station 4 to Station 2 azimuth: 45° Station 4 to Station 1 azimuth: 90° |