General Info

North Central Region

• This event is located in the North Central Region which includes:  Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Wisconsin, and South Dakota. 

• Teams who are from the North Central Region and earn a qualifying award at this event will be invited to the North Central Regional Championship - in Flint Michigan at Kettering University on May 17-19,  2024.

• The award(s) that qualify for an invitation to the above regional will be found on the awards tab by December 1, 2024.

• Additional invitations may be issued by January 12th based on the number of teams and events in the region.  

• To read more about the qualifying criteria, visit the REC Library: Qualifying Criteria.

Please note: If you are a team from outside this region, you may attend the event and will be eligible to earn awards and post scores to the global skills rankings, but you are not eligible to earn invitations to regional championships from this event.

Welcome to West Michigan Early Winter Aerial Drone League.  We will have four regular league sessions for Mission 2024: ECLIPSE on Feb 21, Feb 28, Mar 6, and Mar 12. The final league session will be on Mar 13. All League nights will be held in the main arena at the Grandville Robotics Competition Center.

Drone crews have the ability to earn qualifying awards to compete at their Regional Championship.  

Reminders:

• There will be 4 Regular League Sessions and 1 Final League Session which will include judging.
• Teams will turn in physical competition logbooks on the night of the last ranking session. 
• Safety glasses will be required at all sessions.
• All teams must be registered and marked paid by the event registration deadline.

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: No

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging