Information to Teams and Pilots

Commitments of Teams and Pilots

All Teams and Pilots participating in the Gaelic GP Series LPD agree to:

It is forbidden to carry or display trademarks, logos, images, texts and any other element with messages of hate, discrimination, pornography, insults, racial slurs and any other message that may cause bad image to the Gaelic Gp and its sponsors.
To promote the values of safe flying, entertainment, sportsmanship, honesty and equality.  
To commit to look after the interests and image of the event and to promote fellowship among all participants and event organisers. 
It is prohibited to remove the image of GaelicGp and/or sponsors from any publication, etc.
Send to the organisation a photo of each of the registered Pilots with a transparent background, and all the material needed for the media and promotion of the teams and Pilots.
To respect and comply with all competition rules.    
Use of the Gaelic Gp brand, logo, trademark, symbol or any other reference to non-Gaelic Gp racing leagues or tournaments is prohibited unless authorised by Gaelic Gp.
Use of the brand, logo, trademark, trade dress or other identification in violation of applicable governmental and/or television regulations is prohibited.
Failure to comply with any of these commitments by Pilots may result in expulsion from the competition.

LPD Competition Rules

Track and Drones 

1. The circuit shall be protected with perimeter safety nets, at a maximum height of 6 m. from ground level, and with overhead safety netting.

2. The 4 pilots registered to participate in the LPD, the organization will be responsible for making any pilot who has no license RFAE, to make the license to participate, (the cost of licenses is borne by the organization).

3. When one of the LPD races is a World Cup, the pilots must present their FAI licenses to the organization when requested, in order to participate in that LPD FAI World Cup race.2. The Quads to compete will be checked by the organisation.

4. They will have to have a maximum diagonal measurement of 330 mm from axle to axle of the engine.

5. The batteries can be up to 6S and the propellers 5". 

6. The Quads, the Vtx will have to emit a maximum power of 25mw. (If this is not the case and emit more power without the pilot being aware of it, for reasons of oscillations of the Vtx, the pilot is obliged to change drone to continue competing). It is allowed to compete with a digital system (this must be the HD Zero system)

7. Pilots must bring antennas with both polarisations (right and left). And for the competition, race direction will tell them which polarization they have to use in each moment of the competition.

8. Once the vtx have been checked by the race direction and verified that everything is correct, there will be no claim by any pilot that another pilot who is competing with him at that moment is putting video in the race.

9. Pilots will use their goggles with their antennas, as receivers of the video signal from their drone. It is the responsibility of the pilot to ensure that the reception works perfectly.

10. The Quads will have to have Rgb LEDs on the front and rear.

11. The assigned frequencies will be :1st Option : R1, F2, R2, F4 Second Option: E2, F2, E4, A4.

12. The Pilot is obliged to put his name (Nickname and Team name) on the OSD, in order to be able to identify him during the competition.

13. The laps of the circuit will be counted as good, as long as the Quad has completed the entire circuit without skipping any obstacle. If this is not the case, the lap/s will not be counted as good and will result in penalties, in times and positions. On the other hand, if the rider with his quad recovers the obstacle(s) he has skipped, there will be no penalty.

14. It is compulsory to have the FAIL SAFE activated in the quad.

15. It is not allowed to have any companion in the piloting area from the classification phases onwards.

16. Each rider will be allowed to use a maximum of 3 quads from the qualifying stages onwards. These must be presented to the race direction before the start of the competition, so that the quads can be marked.

17. It is strictly forbidden to start the quads with the Vtx connected while there are riders competing.

18. Gaelic Gp designs, builds and tests the circuits for each race.

Racing incidents

1. Any race incident, such as collisions between drones, not malicious, race direction does not enter.

2. After a collision between drones, not malicious, if one or both drones involved in the collision run out of video, have a breakage, etc., that prevents them from continuing the race, race direction will give this situation as a race setback.

3. If for any reason, during the flights, one or more LEDs stop working, the pilot will not be disqualified and will be able to finish the flight, but once the flight is finished the pilot will have to repair or change the LEDs, to be able to continue competing.

4. In the event of a collision between several Quads, at the start and before making the first turn to start the route, the start may be declared void. Once the first turn has been made, the race is over.

5. If during the competition a quad falls to the ground or gets caught in the safety netting and/or perimeter, obstacles on the circuit, etc., it will not be able to have any type of manual help (by other people) to restart the flight. If this happens, the pilot may be disqualified. Pilots may have the Anti-Turtle and Anti-Crash activated on their quads.

6. If, during the competition, a quad gets caught in the air safety net, the pilot may not activate the engines to try to unhook the quad. If he does so, the Race Director reserves the right to disqualify the rider(s) from the competition.

7. If a drone gets stuck in the safety net and the pilot activates the motors and the drone remains stuck once the race is over, the pilot will only have the time to change pilots to start a new race to unhook it, if he/she fails to do so, the pilot must leave the circuit and leave the drone in the net and with the battery disconnected. 

Technical staff

1. The race judges are not obliged to warn the riders every time they jump over an obstacle or track layout during the race.

2. There will be no complaints from any rider due to lack of reception or poor video signal, as long as the race judge has been able to follow the race without any problem.

3. Any other situation that may arise in the race and which is not mentioned here, will be evaluated and notified by the Race Director.

4. The Race Director is responsible for all official decisions related to the sport, regulations during and between races, determines penalties in case of infringements, deliberates on protests and may grant reruns.

5. Race Control is the point of contact between the teams and Gaelic Gp at the races.

Teams

1. Each team must have a minimum of 2 Pilots and a maximum of 4, a Team Manager and a Team Captain (who must be one of the drivers competing in that race).

2. Each team must submit a list of all members of that team to compete in the LPD, when you register.

3. Each team must complete the registration by the deadline indicated in the Gaelic Gp website (www.gaelicgp.es). and at the same time you must send us the following documents: Photos of the pilots from the waist up with transparent background, and Logo Team, by email.

4. Each team may register 2 teams.

5. Pilots may be of any nationality and of either sex.

6. Teams must notify by official means (email) that 2 Pilots will participate in each race, who will be the captain, and other team personnel accompanying the Pilots in each race, one week before the start of the race.

7.In each race we will accredit 2 drivers, one team manager and one technician per team to be in the technical area.

8. Teams will not be allowed to change their driver line-up until the end of the season, except in case of force majeure and justified cause.

9. If a team does not show up in time to start the qualifying, qualifying heats, semi-final and final, it will start if that team does not show up.

10.To be able to be filmed and photographed for subsequent dissemination and promotion of the event, in the media, social networks, Tv, etc., without this entailing any type of economic retribution from the organisation to the riders, nor any possibility of any claim or lawsuit through the courts.  

11.To be able to be interviewed and invited to participate in workshops during the event.

12.For the duration of each Race, all Team members must wear the Team Uniform. Each team member must personalise their uniform with: Rider and Team name, Team logo, LPD logo. The design of each team member's uniform must be identical. The logo, Pilots name, team name and LPD logo must be visible.

Protests

1. Protests to the Race Director may be made informally but these may or may not be taken into account by the Race Director and a solution may or may not be given to the protest.

2. Teams may make official protests by requesting a protest document from Race Control and paying a fee of €50 to be able to make an official protest. They will have to send this document by email or whatsup to Gaelic Gp immediately before the start of the next round.

3. The content of protests and responses may not be made public without the permission of the Gaelic Gp.

Penalties

1. Faults:

*Skipping one obstacle of the course and not retrieving it (2 points).
*Skipping 2 or more obstacles on the circuit and not recovering them (4points).

*Voluntary collision with another driver of another team (to be determined by Race Direction).

*If a rider gets caught in the nets and uses the engines to try to free himself from the net (2points).

*Penalty points are deducted at the end of each Phase.

2. Financial penalties:

*Not showing up for a race (100€)

*Showing up for a race without the minimum number of drivers to participate (100€).

*Last minute change of one or more drivers registered for that race (30€).

*Not coming to the race with the driver accreditation that will be given to you in GP1 (50€).

*Failure to provide all requested information and documentation to the teams (250€).

Cost for Teams

The cost for participating in the LPD league is: 2.700€.

Including:

Registration for all LPD events + World Cup + Cpto. de España.
Processing of RFAE licences for the pilots of each team who need them (max. 4 per team).
Two nights accommodation in a double bed room for the two pilots, for each race.
Meals for the two pilots, Friday dinner, Saturday lunch and Saturday dinner for each race.
At the end of the League, each of the teams will be paid the total amount of 1.600€, to this amount the economic penalties that each team may have will be deducted.

Method of payment:

You can make the total payment of 2.700€ in the web, section inscriptions, or
You can pay the 2.700€ in three instalments, making each of the payments in the following account number: ES91 2100 4730 0902 0014 0039, Bank: Caixabank, Account holder: Aero Dron Projects, Concept of the payments: Name of the team and 1st, 2nd and 3rd payment LPD 2024 registration.
If you split the payments in three, you must make them with the following amounts and dates:

* First payment of 1.100€ before 29 March 2024.

* Second instalment of 550€ before 29 April 2024

* Third payment of 550€ before 29 May 2024

* Fourth payment of 500€ before 29 June 2024

Note:

A). Any breach by the pilots of safety rules, misconduct, attitude, contempt, disqualification, etc., towards other/s pilots, staff of the organization, public, etc., automatically leads to expulsion from the competition.

B). The official language for the LPD will be Spanish and as a secondary language English.

C). Gaelic Gp, at its sole discretion, may rearrange the calendar and/or change the date of any race.

D). The sending of team documentation to Gaelic Gp will be done by email to info@gaelicgp.es

E). In the case of incorporating a new venue for a new race, the cost per team will increase by 300€ (100€ registration fee and 200€ accommodation and meals), this additional cost will be paid to the organisation by making a new payment (5th payment) before 29th July 2024.<br>

COMPETITION FORMAT LPD 7 TEAMS

It will be a format in which 10 teams will compete, composed of a maximum of 4 pilots per team, of which only 2 will be able to participate in each race. In which teams will be proclaimed champions. Teams are allowed to enter a second team or subsidiary team. The competition rounds will follow the rules of the RFAE F9_FNE category.

Breakdown of the competition. There will be a 6-team final to maintain the interest, suspense and competition between all the teams until the final race of the LPD League. In each race there will be a champion team and in the last race of the League is where the Champion of the LPD League 2024 will be proclaimed. The teams in each race according to their positions obtained will be adding points, which will make that in the last race of the League will be a classification by teams according to the scores that were obtained in each race. According to the classification obtained will be seeded to dispute the final rounds of the champion of the league (seed 1 against 6th classified, seed 2 against 5th classified, seed 3 against 4th classified), of these clashes the winners will dispute between them a round of elimination of all against all, and from this round of elimination will be the two teams that have obtained more points in this round, to dispute the Grand Final and decide who is proclaimed champion team of the League LPD 2024.

LPD, Each team will have a minimum of:

15 rounds of free and timed practice (Friday from 20.30h to 01.00h) and (Saturday from 10.00h to 13.05h).
20 qualifying rounds, where all teams will play against each other (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5, Q6, Q7, Q8, Q9, Q10, Q11, Q12, Q13, Q14, Q15, Q16, Q17, Q18, Q19, Q20). The 4 teams with the highest scores qualify for the Semi-Final (Saturday from 15.00h to 22.15h). LPD, Semi-Finals (S):
3 rounds of semi-finals (S1, S2, S3), 4 teams participate and the 2 teams with the highest scores qualify for the Grand Final. In the semi-finals between the 3 rounds, all teams compete against each other (Saturday from 22.50h to 23.40h). LPD, Race Final:
- 1 Final Round, 2 teams will participate and the team that obtains the best positions of its drivers in the final race will win (at 00.15h).
LPD, Scoring system during the event:
- 1º Clasif. 4 Points
- 2º Clasif. 3 Points
- 3º Clasif. 2 Points
- 4º Clasif. 1 Points
Note: A minimum of 2 laps must be completed in order to score points. In the event of a tie on points between several teams to move on to the next rounds, the best time of their Pilots will be taken.
LPD, Scoring system according to event classification:
- 1st Classif. 20 points 6th Classif. 10 points
- 2nd place 18 points 7th Classif. 8 points
- 3rd place 16 points 8th place 6 points
- 4th place 14 points 9th place 4 points
- 5th place 12 points 10th place 2 points

In two of our LPD events we will introduce a FAI World Cup and in another one a Spanish Championship.

The following are the competition formats with their schedules:

LPD Format 6 Teams (Races 1 to 7)

LPD Format 6 Teams last race + Grand Final

FAI World Cup Format (32 Pilots)

Spanish Championship (32 Pilots)

LPD, Prizes per race:

For Teams:

Champion: Trophy and medals.
Runner-up: Medals.

LPD, Final Team Prizes:

5 teams participate

LPD League Champion: 3.000€ + Trophy and medals.
Runner-up: 2.200€ + medals
3rd Place: 1.400€ + medals
4th Classified: 800€ + medals
5th Classified: 700 € + medals

Sponsor Gaelic Gp

ADP (Aero Dron Projects), is the father and mother of the Gaelic Gp, with them was born the idea to shape and carry out these events. Their support is essential for the Gaelic Gp to keep growing and have continuity, marking the lines to follow in the events.

Their philosophy is what gives us the strength to bring our events to all types of public.