What are the specific detailed instructions and rules for the timers who time my local qualification flight attempts?
First of all, the two timers must be people who have good eyesight! Secondly, you should not fly your rocket so high that it becomes invisible to people who have good eyesight; and of course the NAR Safety Code requires that you not fly your rocket into clouds that make it (and any approaching airplanes) invisible. The first instruction for the timers is to read the TARC rule on “Duration Scoring”, which says, in part: “Scores shall be based on total flight duration of the portion of the rocket containing the egg, measured from first motion at liftoff from the launch pad until the moment of landing or until the rocket can no longer be seen due to distance or to an obstacle. Times must be measured independently by two people not on the team, one of whom is the official NAR-member adult observer, using separate electronic stopwatches accurate to 0.01 seconds. The official duration will be the average of the two times, rounded to the nearest 0.01 second. If one stopwatch malfunctions, the
