by Paulo Iscold, IAC 435118, and Taylor Mershon, IAC 442603
The IAC is excited to announce a partnership with the cutting-edge aerobatic flying technology, ACROWRX, to demonstrate live competition aerobatics at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025. In a no-smoke airshow designed to simulate a competition environment, Jeff Boerboon will fly at the Unlimited level category and Britt Lincoln will fly at the Advanced level category. Just like in regular competition, a line of judges will score the flights. To help viewers best enjoy and understand the experience, a commentator will be present to explain the competition details, maneuvers, and scores.
To show fans a glimpse of what can otherwise be a somewhat complicated notation system for aerobatic maneuvers (the ARESTI code) and protocol for judging sequences in competition, ACROWRX will stream the flights live using telemetry data from the airplanes. The public will be able to watch the flights online in real time from anywhere in the world using the ACROWRX software – flights and program data can even be viewed from mobile phones.
The ACROWRX software allows viewers to watch the competition flights from the perspective of the judges’ line and from the perspective of a chase plane. It also shows the individual ARESTI code of each figure as it is being performed. Finally, viewers can score each one of the flights on their own in real time using the program!
Poster created by Paulo Iscold.
