Propeller Series · operations
Fleet & format
Fourteen aircraft, arrive-and-drive. The league owns and maintains every airframe, so the sporting product is pilot against pilot and gamer against gamer.
League-owned, league-maintained
The fleet
Airframe
Extra 330SC, single-seat, certified unlimited aerobatic. One type across the entire grid.
Combat system
The same server-adjudicated electronic combat layer as the jets, plus smoke, pyro mounts and telemetry.
Freight
The fleet moves as league cargo, which is why propeller rounds are a subset of the calendar.
Arrive and drive
No team operates an aircraft. Entrants receive a prepared machine at each round.
Two combats and a final, inside the jet schedule
The weekend format
| Session | Day | Window | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Practice | Friday | 13:00 – 13:45 | Twelve entries, single block between the two JWC training blocks. |
| Qualifying | Friday | 17:00 – 17:45 | Sets the grid for Combat 1. |
| Combat 1 | Saturday | 10:00 – 11:00 | Immediately after the University Series sortie. |
| Combat 2 | Sunday | 09:00 – 10:00 | Opens the Sunday programme. |
| Final + podium | Sunday | 11:30 – 12:30 | Closes before the mandatory airspace sterilisation hold. |
How a Propeller Series seat is filled
Selection Day
Q1 2028
Open applications
Regional trials for pilots; the Sim-to-Sky ladder for gamers.
Q3 2028
Entry list
Applicants are screened onto a central list. Nobody is pre-signed.
Q4 2028
Selection Day
Televised. Badge holders pick a complete pairing, not two individuals.
Feb 2029
Round 1, Doha
The Propeller Series debuts alongside the inaugural championship season.
The champion pairing takes the Propeller Series title, the trophy and the season prize fund. A Propeller Series seat is a seat in the Propeller Series — it carries no claim on a seat in the Jet World Championship, and no JWC team is obliged to hire from this series.