The Aresti Catalog is the
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standards document enumerating the
aerobatic manoeuvers permitted in
aerobatic competition. Designed by
Spanish
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aviator
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Colonel
José Luis Aresti Aguirre (1919–2003), each figure in the catalog is represented by lines, arrows, geometric shapes and numbers representing the precise form of a manoeuver to be flown.
The catalog broadly classifies manoeuvers into numbered families. Families 1 through 8 depict basic figures, such as turns, loops and vertical lines; family 9 depicts rotational elements that can be added to basic figures to increase difficulty, change the direction of flight or invert the g-loading of the aircraft.
Notation
In Aresti notation, solid lines represent upright or positive-g manoeuvers and dashed lines represent inverted or negative-g manoeuvers; these are sometimes depicted in red. Thick dot represents the beginning of the manoeuver, while a short perpendicular line represents the end. Stalled wing manoeuvers such as
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s and snap (flick) rolls are represented by triangles. Arrows represent rolling manoeuvers with numbers representing the extent and number of segments of the roll.
The catalog assigns each manoeuver a
unique identifier
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, called a ''catalog number'', and difficulty factor, represented by the symbol ''K''. When a basic figure is combined with one or more rolling elements, the resultant figure ''K'' is the sum of all component ''K''s. During an aerobatics competition, judges grade the execution of each manoeuver with a value between 10 (perfect) and 0 (highly flawed). Each figure's grades are multiplied by its ''K'' and summed to yield a total raw score for the flight.
Notational systems for aerobatic manoeuvers have been used since the 1920s.
The first system accepted worldwide was published by
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aviator François d'Huc Dressler in 1955 and 1956. It was used for international competitions through 1962.
José Aresti's development of a notation for aerobatic figures began while serving as an instructor in the Jerez Pilot Training School in the 1940s. By the end of 1961 Aresti published a dictionary of some 3,000 aerobatic manoeuvers, the ''Sistema Aerocryptographica Aresti''. Then employed throughout Spain, the Spanish Aero Club urged its adoption internationally. The FAI's Aerobatics Commission
CIVA elected to use the catalog beginning at the World Aerobatic Championships held in
Bilbao, Spain
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in 1964; it has been in use worldwide and has evolved continually since then. Though the catalog had grown at one time to some 15,000 manoeuvers, a CIVA working group substantially streamlined it in the mid-1980s.
Aresti System S.L.
Software is available to design and display aerobatic sequences using Aresti notation.
Notes
External links
An article explaining Aresti notation.
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