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Aerial Dragons Philip Rowland Memorial - Aerial Drone Competition

Tournament (Blended MS/HS)

Date
2-Nov-2024 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-ADC-24-6954
Program
Aerial Drone Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Field Control System
N/A
Capacity
32
Spots Open
32
Event Region
Southeast
Max Registrations per Organization
6
Standard Registration Opens
5-Sep-2024 18:00 EDT
Registration Deadline
25-Oct-2024 18:00 EDT
Payment Deadline
25-Oct-2024 18:00 EDT
Price
$55.00

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General Info

Southeast Region

  • This event is located in the Southeast Region which includes:  Arkansas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. 

  • Teams who are from the Southeast Region and earn a qualifying award at this event will be invited to the Southeast Regional Championship - in Lexington, South Carolina on April 11-12, 2025.

  • The award(s) that qualify for an invitation to the above regional championship will be found on the awards tab by December 1, 2025.  

  •  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.

This Aerial Drone Event is a Blended event, so all teams are welcome!  We are hosting this event to give this opportunity to teams to experience excitement of the Aerial Drone Competition. We hope you join us! 

Reminders:

  • All participants are expected to complete the Participant Release Form uploaded on Robot Events. This just needs to be completed once each season and will cover all Aerial Drone Competiition events for the season. 
  • Safety glasses are required.
  • Competition Logbooks (physical copy) should be turned in at check in on the day of the tournament. 

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 2-Nov-2024

Venue/Location:
Don Estridge High Tech Middle School
1798 NW Spanish River Blvd
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
United States

Contact Information

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Agenda

 

Agenda - Subject to Change 

Doors Open / Team Check In and Inspections Begin

8:00 AM

Piloting Skills Matches Begin

8:15 - 9:30am 

Flight Team Meeting

9:30am

Teamwork Matches Begin

10am

Autonomous Flight Skills Matches Begin

10am

Lunch

12 - 12:30pm

Resume Teamwork Matches and Autonomous Skills Matches          

12:30pm

End Matches (Teamwork and Skills)

3:30pm

Alliance Selection and Finals

3:30- 5:00pm

Awards

5:00pm 

Volunteer

If you are interested in volunteering for this event, contact Brian Rowland at [email protected]. We are recruiting judges and referees. No experience is required. Training will be provided a month prior to the event through online webinars. 

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

For event day information regarding weather delays or cancellations, please check the event page for updates.

Notification of any changes to this event will be made through the contacts provided with your registration through robotevents.com

Refund and Payment Policies

 

If the event partner cancels the event:

  • Refunds minus fees accessed by the REC Foundation will be issued in the cases of an event cancellation.  (Per the RobotEvents.com fee structure, $5.00 of each registration is used by their organization for processing and is not refundable plus there is a 3% credit card fee charged for processing credit card payments.)

If a team registers and decides not to attend the event: 

  • No refunds will be issued to "no show" teams.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waitlist

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