AERIAL DRONE COMPETITION • REC FOUNDATION
Game Design Committee (GDC) The creators of the Aerial Drone Competition Missions and the authors of this competition manual. The GDC is the only official source for rules clarifications and Q&A responses. Grounding A penalty applied to a Team during a Match for a safety Violation. When a team is Grounded, the Pilot must immediately land the drone and place their controller on the ground, and may not operate the drone for the rest of the Match. A Grounding is not the same as a Disqualification. Head Referee An impartial Volunteer responsible for enforcing the rules as written. Head Referees are the only individuals who may discuss ruling interpretations or scoring questions with Teams at an event. Match A set time in which Teams play to earn points. Teams compete in Teamwork, Piloting Skills, and Autonomous Flight Skills Matches. Match Stop Time The time remaining (i.e., displayed on the timer or audience display) when an Alliance ends the Match early when drones are no longer flying and Pilots have placed their controllers on the ground. Match Stop Time is only considered when there is a tie for first place in Finals Elimination Matches The Match Stop Time is rounded down to the nearest even number. For example, if controllers are set down when the displayed time is 13 seconds, the Match Stop Time is recorded as 12 seconds. If an Alliance does not finish the Match early, they receive a default Match Stop Time of 0 seconds.
No-Fly Zone Anywhere in or around a venue that is not a Flight Zone.
Pilot A member of the Flight Team who operates the Drone during the Match.
Piloted The Drone can be Piloted by using a controller or a computer. When using a computer, the CoDrone EDU and CoDrone EDU JROTC editions require the controller to be connected to the computer with a USB cable. As a result, Teams are permitted to bring a controller, a computer, and a USB cable to connect them on the competition field during a Match.
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