AERIAL DRONE COMPETITION • REC FOUNDATION
<G3> Use common sense. When reading and applying the rules in this document, please remember that common sense always applies in the Aerial Drone Competition. Some examples may include : • If there is an obvious typographical error, this does not mean that the error should be taken literally until corrected in a future update. • When in doubt, if there is no rule prohibiting an action, it is generally legal. However, if you have to ask whether a given action would violate <S1>, <G1>, or <T1>, then that’s probably a good indication that it is outside the spirit of the competition. • In general, Teams will be given the “benefit of the doubt” in the case of accidental or edge-case rules infractions. However, there is a limit to this allowance, and repeated or strategic infractions will still be penalized. <G4> Piloting and Autonomous Flight skills must represent the skill level of the Team. A Team is made up of Pilot(s), Co-Pilot(s), Programmer(s), Visual Observer(s) and other support members. Students may not fulfill any of these roles for more than one Aerial Drone Competition Team in a given competition season. Students may swap roles or have more than one role on their own Team. 1. Team members may move from one Team to another for non-strategic reasons outside of the Team’s control. a.Examples of permissible moves may include, but are not limited to, illness, changing schools, conflicts within a Team, or combining/splitting Teams. b.Examples of strategic moves in Violation of this rule may include, but are not limited to, one Programmer “switching” Teams in order to write programs for multiple Drones, or one Student Piloting the Drone for multiple Teams. c. If a Student leaves a Team to join another Team, <G4> still applies to the Students remaining on the previous Team. For example, if a Programmer leaves a Team, then that Team’s programming skills must still represent the skill level of the Team without that Programmer. One way to accomplish this would be to ensure that the Programmer teaches or trains a replacement Programmer in their absence. 2. When a Team qualifies for a Championship event, the Students on the Team attending the Championship event are expected to be the same Students on the Team that was awarded the spot. Students can be added as support to the Team, but may not be added as a Flight Team Member.
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