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1st Annual HSA El Paso Aerial Drone Competition

HSA El Paso Drone Competition

Date
12-Apr-2025 Add to Calendar
Event Code
RE-ADC-25-9817
Program
Aerial Drone Competition
Event Type
Tournament
Field Control System
N/A
Capacity
24
Spots Open
17
Event Region
South Central
Max Registrations per Organization
4
Standard Registration Opens
3-Feb-2025 12:00 EST
Registration Deadline
4-Apr-2025 12:00 EDT
Payment Deadline
4-Apr-2025 12:00 EDT
Price
$75.00

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General Info

Update:  This event is being rescheduled. If you have registered and have questions, please email the Event Partner. 

This event is located in the South Central Region which includes:

USA: Kansas, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas

Note: Teams competing at a local qualifying event that are from outside that Event Region are eligible to receive any performance-based or judged awards offered at the event and should be treated identically to teams from within that Event Region. However, any qualification spot to the Regional Championship associated with an award that is given to an out-of-region  team will go to the next highest-ranked non-qualified team from within that Event Region on the Skills Ranking at that event.

 

This is an open event for both Middle School and High School Teams. If 12 or more high school teams register there will be 1 All-Around Champion and 1Skills Champion awards presented.

 

 

Reminders: 

  • Safety glasses are required.
  • Digital copies of the Competition Logbooks will be scored prior to the event and must be received no later than April 11, 2025. 
  • All participants must complete the Participant Release form before the tournament: Participant Release Form
  • Due to the increasing interest in our competitions, each organization may only register 4 teams. If you have others that would like to attend, please add them to the waitlist. 
  • Everyone must enter using the main doors in the front. An email will follow with a map and instructions
  • Only in an evacuation will the back doors be available for use. 

 

Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: Remote Engineering Notebooks


Grade Level: All

Skills Challenge Offered: Yes

Judging Format: All In-Person Judging

Event Dates & Locations

Date: 12-Apr-2025

Venue/Location:
Harmony Science Academy-El Paso
9405 Betel Drive
El Paso, Texas 79907
United States

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Agenda

Schedule (tentative)

7:30 AM - Doors Open

7:45 AM - Team Check-in, Inspections Begin

8:00 AM - Piloting Missions Begin

9:00 AM - Piloting Mission Ends

9:00 Flight Team Meeting and Match Schedule Created 

Note: Teams not checked in by this time will not be included in the Teamwork Match schedule for the day.

9:30 AM - Teamwork Matches, Autonomous Flight Mission and Judging Begin

*Lunch on your own

1:30 PM - Teamwork Matches, Autonomous Flight Mission and Judging End

1:45 PM - Alliance Selections

2:00 PM - Finals and Awards

3:30 PM - Event Ends

Volunteer

Referees and Judges will be adults. Assistant scorers to the referee will be HS students.  If you are willing or know someone who would like to volunteer please contact Robin Lerma, [email protected] or Jaime Cano, [email protected]

Emergency/Bad Weather Policy

We will host the event in the gym.

In the event of an emergency or weather issue, teams will be notified by email of any changes.

Refund and Payment Policies

If the Event Partner cancels the event: 

If the venue cancels for unexpected circumstances, refunds are available minus the $5 REC Foundation fee.

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

Fees are forfeited if you cancel after the pay date.  (Emergencies are on a case-by-case basis.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waitlist

1 teams are on the waitlist for this event.

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