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<AM16> Resetting a Drone during an Autonomous Flight Skills Match. A Team may reset their Drone one time during each Autonomous Flight Skills Mission Match. 1. U pon handling the Drone, it must immediately be brought to Color Mat 2. 2. F light Team Members may position the Drone as desired on Color Mat 2. 3.The Programmer may then start the Drone again from their computer, using pre-written programming instructions as stated in rule <AM11>.
Teams should take caution in retrieving their Drone as the timer does not stop. If Field Elements are knocked out of place, by a flight team member, they must be moved back, but the timer will continue to run.
<AM17> Autonomous Flight Mission Schedule. Teams complete Autonomous Flight Mission schedules on a first-come, first served basis. Each Team will get the opportunity for 2 five minute sessions. During this 5 minutes, Teams may run their autonomous flight code up to 3 times. Autonomous Flight Mission Programs can be as short or as long as teams are able to create, but a max of 3 attempts will be allowed during the 5 minute session and all attempts must fit entirely within the 5-minute session. All runs will be scored. This allows for minor adjustments between runs to make adjustments due to field conditions. The time stops at 5 minutes, so if the Drone is mid-flight when the timer goes off, no additional points will be given. <AM18> Autonomous Flight and Piloting Mission Skills rankings. Teams are ranked by combining their highest Autonomous Flight Mission and Piloting Mission Skills scores from the event.
Ties in Team ranking are broken by: 1. H ighest autonomous score
2. 2 nd highest autonomous score 3. 3 rd highest autonomous Score 4. 4 th highest autonomous Score 5. H ighest Piloting score 6. 2 nd highest Piloting score 7. If the tie still isn’t broken, the Event Partner may choose to allow Teams to have one more deciding Match, or both Teams may be declared the winner.
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