Any scale aerobatic contest will count toward qualification for the Shootout provided that it is appropriately advertised at least one month in advance. In North America, examples of appropriate advertising include www.mini-iac.com or the AMA magazine (Model Aviation). Examples outside North America include FAI/CIAM aero club websites or newsletters.

For each contest, the pilot gets 15 points for 1st place, 14 points for 2nd place and so on, down to 1 point for 15th place. Additionally, the pilot gets 1 point for each pilot they beat.

During the time period of January 1, 2008 through August 3, 2008 pilots may fly in as many contests as they like. Only contests in the class entered at the Shootout will count. Example: contests flown as Sportsman would not count toward entry in Intermediate.

We will take their top 3 point rankings from among these contests. These 3 contest points will be added. This is their total season point ranking.

Tentatively, there will be at least ten pilots each in Sportsman, Intermediate, Advanced and Unlimited.

The first place pilot from each class in the 2007 Shootout is automatically in, even if they have moved up in class.

Ties will be broken by placement in previous Shootouts, and number of contests flown in 2008.