AERIAL DRONE COMPETITION • REC FOUNDATION
<S5> Flight Team Members must stay in the Pilot station or Visual Observer stations and out of the field during a Match. Once a Drone is placed in a legal starting position at the beginning of a Match, Pilots and Visual Observers must stay in their Pilot station or Visual Observer station until the Referee gives the All- Clear.
Flight Team Members should not break the plane of the Flight Zone other than during the interaction allowed by rules <TM3>, <T7>, or <AM12>
a . Flight Team members are allowed to momentarily step out of the Pilot Station or Visual Observer Station for safety reasons. b . Flight Team members are expected to return to the Pilot Station or Visual Observer Station as soon as it is safe to do so. c . Flight Team members are not allowed to leave the Pilot or Visual Observer Station for a strategic advantage. d. After a Match is completed, the Visual Observer may move to the Pilot Station. <S6> Stay in control of your Drone. Drones should remain within the Flight Zone. If a Referee determines that there is an immediate safety issue (e.g., Team isn’t in control of the Drone, or the Drone is too close to the audience), Grounding will be commanded.
Per <S3>, if a Referee determines that there is an immediate safety issue (e.g.,Team isn’t in control of the Drone, or the Drone is too close to the audience), Grounding will be commanded.
Examples Safe: The Drone momentarily moves outside of the Flight Zone. The Pilot returns the Drone quickly to the Flight Zone and remains in control of the Drone at all times.
Safe: The Pilot is maneuvering the Drone to move balls along the edge of the PVC and is in con- trol of the Drone at all times.
Unsafe: The Drone is 5 feet away from the Flight Zone and the Pilot is struggling to return to the Flight Zone.
Unsafe: The Pilot is flying close to the Referee or Visual Observer’s face.
32 MISSION 2026 TIME WARP COMPETITION MANUAL V 1.0
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