Queen's Own Scale Model Warship Club

TECHNICAL
REQUIREMENTS

COMPRESSED GAS

1. The only compressed gasses authorized for use are CO2and onboard
compressor driven compressed air.

2. Technical Certification must be completed before any ship may enter combat
or event involving the firing of projectiles.

To be provided at a later date

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SCALE SPEED

Vessels undergoing speed certification must run the trials with fresh, fully
charged batteries. The speed gate is the prefered method for checking speed.

The following chart will show the number of seconds a ship should take to travel
100 feet in a straight line at its scale speed. A timed run will be done in two
directions back-to-back. The average of the two runs will used.

Convoy ships will sail at 25 knots.

Slower 721 Class vessles may increase speed to 30 knots.

KNOTS

SECONDS

KNOTS

SECONDS

25..............49.14

37..............33.20

26..............47.25

38..............32.32

27..............45.50

39..............31.50

28..............43.87

40..............30.71

29..............42.36

41..............29.96

30..............40.95

42..............29.25

31.............39.62

43..............28.56

32..............38.39

44..............27.92

33..............37.22

45..............27.30

34..............36.12

46..............26.70

35..............35.10

47..............26.13

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36..............34.12

48..............25.59

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SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

1. Properly fitting safety glasses or goggles with side shields must be worn by all
participants and spectators whenever any weapons are armed, the Red Flagis
up, or at the request of any event official. If, in the opinion of the event Safety
Officer, an individuals eye protection equipment is ill fitting or inadequate,
s/he must immediately correct the deficiency, replace the protective device, or
leave the event.

2. A safety line must be located at least 100 feet from the waters edge on level
ground and run the full length of the area where people may be trying to watch
an event.

3. The safety line may be moved closer than 100 feet if the following conditions
exist:
75 feet if the ground is 4 feet above the water.
50 feet if the ground is 8 feet above the water.
25 feet if the ground is 12 feet above the water.

4. The event Safety Officer must ensure the safety line is patrolled during each
period when the Red Flag is flying. If there is no Safety Officer monitoring the
spectators the Red Flag will not be raised nor will a Commence Fire command
be given

5. Personnel out in boats setting buoys, or recovering ships, must be wearing
Personal Flotation Devices.

6. Guns and torpedoes may not be operated at greater than 100 psi.

7. Only CO2regulators, tanks, valves and lines specified in the Technical Data
section are approved for club use. Ships containing anything other than
specified components will not be certified.

8. Ships that have not passed the Technical Certification will not be allowed to
enter any event requiring the firing of projectiles.

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9. Each ship must contain some type of recovery/location device. This device
must allow the ship to be recovered from up to 20 feet of water without anyone
having to swim to recover it.

10. During battle there are occasions where ships may be worked on or have their
propellers cleared of debris. When this work is being done, the ship may not be
more than two ship lengths off shore and the ship may not be fired upon. The
skipper may not enter the water to work on his ship while it is being engaged,
or attempt to prevent his ship from being damaged due to his presence. The
ship may not be lifted in such a way as to promote draining out water.

11. Each ship is required to have a radio cut off switch or device mounted so the
ship's radio may be turned on or off with out major disassembling of the ship.
This is to allow the ship to be placed in or removed from the water in a
completely unoperational condition.

GUN PENETRATION TEST

1. High density insulation foam (pink) will be the only medium used for
determining gun penetration. The foam must be held within six inches of the
muzzle. A gun is acceptable for event use if it does not fire through two inches
of the foam.

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COMBAT RULES

ELIGIBILITY TO ENTER COMBAT EVENTS

1. Ships must have completed all Technical, Safety and Ship Certifications.

2. Ships must be completely operational and fully armed at the start of the event.
(The event is defined as the first sortie of the day and or the first sortie of a
multiple day event series.). Under-armed ships will not be allowed to
participate.

3. Ships must have a serviceable recovery float with a minimum of 20 feet of line
attached to a structural hard point in the hull.

4. Motor Torpedo Boats may only enter a combat sortie if the owner's 723 Class
or larger vessel has accumulated sufficient sortie points .

6. A MTB and a warship may be operated in the same sortie by the owner,
however, if one is sunk the other is excluded from participating in the rest of the
sortie.

7. Only Queen's Own membersand Associated Club members are eligible to
participate in regular and championship combat events. Frequency Control
Officer approval is required for Assocoates Club members

8. Independent modelers may be invited tocompete in events. In such a case the
ships must be approved by the Technical Officer and Frequency Control Officer.

EVENT FEES

Event fees for single day events adr as follows: Destroyers and smaller are $4.00
Cruisers $5.00, food at events $5.00. Multiple day events expect multiple day fees. If
awards or expensive prizes are to be given expect event fees to reflect same. The event
fee structure is designed to make the event self sustaining (at minimum paying for the
co2 and food).

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