General Info

Welcome to the Aerial Drone Competition at LSUA for Mission 2024: Eclipse!

We are looking forward to hosting this event!

Competition Preparation

This event is sure to be fast-paced and exciting. All teams should come prepared for the competition. Here are a few steps that every team should take to ensure that they are prepared:

1. Review the rules and run through the inspection checklist about a week before the competition so your team has ample time for adjustments. The inspection checklist and other competition documents can be found on the Documents tab. 

2. Pack for the event the day before, and remember to bring the following:

• Drone and remote

• Goggles/Safety Glasses

• Spare parts & tools

• Batteries and chargers

• Programming cable

• Power strip

• Laptop computer

• Competition Logbook (physical or digital as specified in the event posting)

3. Remember that safety comes first.

• NO flying outside of designated areas.

  • The first violation of this will remove you from judged awards.

  • The second violation will result in asking the team to leave.

• Please don't bring tools that pose a safety risk to your team or others nearby.

4. Each player and coach/mentor must have a completed and signed Participation and Consent Form. These can be completed online or physical copies can be completed and uploaded to the coach's Robot Events account for each team.  These need to be completed and/or uploaded before the event.The Participant Release Forms are available under the Documents tab for this event.

Competition Documents

Be sure to look at the documents located in the Documents tab of the event posting. Included are the inspection forms and judging rubrics. 

Physical Competition Logbooks

Physical Competition Logbooks will be collected at Team Check in for consideration of judged awards.

• Southeast 

  This event is located in the Southeast Region which includes:

  USA: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee

  Please note: Only teams that are a part of the Southeast Region are eligible to earn invitations to Regional Championships from this event. If your team is 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 will not be eligible to qualify for a Regional Championship from this event.

• Teams who are from the Southeast Region and earn a qualifying award at this event will be invited to the Southeast Regional Championship - Lexington, South Carolina, April 14-15, 2025.

• The award(s) that qualify for an invitation to the above regional championship are listed under the awards link.  

• Additional invitations may be issued later in the season based on the number of teams and events in the region.  Teams can also qualify from the Worlds Skills Rankings. 

• 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.

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging