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Branford High School Drone Competition

Date
22-Feb-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-ADC-24-9400
Program
Aerial Drone Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Field Control System
N/A
Capacity
20
Spots Open
0
Event Region
Northeast
Max Registrations per Organization
6
Standard Registration Opens
14-Nov-2024 12:00 EST
Registration Deadline
17-Feb-2025 12:00 EST
Payment Deadline
17-Feb-2025 12:00 EST
Price
$75.00
This event is closed to registration because:
  • This event currently has no spaces available.

General Info

This Aerial Drone Event is a Blended event, so all teams are welcome!  We are hosting this event to give this opportunity to new teams this year so they can get a taste of what a competition is like. We hope you join us! 

  • Refer to the Agenda for the day's schedule.
  • 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 Competition events for the season. 
  • Safety glasses will be required. 
  • Printed copies of the Competition Logboook will need to be turned in on the day of the tournament if the team wants it to be considered for judging. 

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This event is located in the Northeast Region which includes:

USA: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia

Canada: Quebec, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia

Please note: Only teams that are a part of the Northeast 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.


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 22-Feb-2025

Venue/Location:
Branford High School
185 East Main Street
Branford, Connecticut 06405
United States

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Agenda

Tentative Schedule

7:30 AM  Doors Open, Team Check-In/Inspections Begin

8:00 AM  Match Schedule Created (teams not checked in by this time will not be included in the Match schedule for the day)

7:45 AM - 9:00am   Piloting Skills Matches

9:00 AM  Welcome and Flight Team Meeting 

9:30 AM  Qualification Matches Begin

9:30 AM  Autonomous Flight Skills Matches Begin 

12:00-1:00 PM  Lunch Break 

1:00 PM  Qualification Matches Resume

1:00 PM  Autonomous Flight Skills Matches Resume

2:25 PM   End Qualification and Autonomous Matches

3:00 PM   Alliance Selection and Finals 

4:15 PM   Awards and Closing Ceremony

Volunteer

Volunteers are always WELCOME. If interested, contact Jon Cap at  [email protected] or Greg Kane at [email protected].

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

In the event of bad weather, teams will be updated via email.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

Refunds will be given minus any fees charged by the REC Foundation. 

If a Coach/Mentor completes registration for the event and then chooses to withdraw or not attend:

No Refund will be given. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waitlist

10 teams are on the waitlist for this event.

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