Georgia Tech Drone Racing Club Inaugural Challenge Race 04-23-16

Georgia Tech's First Official Drone Race!

We are super excited to have partnered with the great folks at Georgia Tech Unmanned Flying Club to help kick off the start of the first student based drone racing event. This event is going to be a mix of a challenge race and demonstration for the Georgia Tech faculty, staff and students. We want to raise awareness about the fun, safe and practical applications of FPV Close Proximity Drone Racing. The long term plan is to establish drone racing clubs at STEM based high schools, Universities, and Colleges throughout the region and put on friendly competitions routinely between these schools.

To learn more, here is the Facbook Page for the Georgia Tech Unmanned Flying Club: https://goo.gl/CoM9AY

This will be a MultiGP Points race for which we will require you to register as a pilot for this race at www.MultiGP.com under our Drone Racing Club chapter. The pilot registration fee is $16 standard members (50% off for paying members or students). Students can Fly for FREE by Volunteering. All FPV flying skills are welcomed! Enthusiasts and/or Spectators are welcomed!

This event will be live streamed via www.FPVlive.tv (http://www.fpvlive.tv/). Tell your friends and family to tune in and see you fly!

EVENT DETAILS: FPV Drone Racing

Race Specifications/Classes: Open: 3-6 inch prop/2-3 blade props/3-4s battery types/120-290mm frame sizes/4-6 rotor; Bring your Ultra Micro and we might race those little buggers too if we have enough time and enough participation.

Race Format: 3 minute timed race with quantitative Points per lap (1pt per lap); Every lap you complete within the 3 minute time you earn a point. whomever is the point leader in their respective class at the end of the day wins that class (we will be running open unlimited class unless we have a large number of pilot participation).

DATE: April 23, 2016

TIME:

• Pilot Check-in and Practice runs: 10am

• Race: 12pm

• Pack it up: 3pm

PLACE: Couch Park (AKA Burger Bowl Field) Georgia Tech Campus Atlanta, GA

Here is an aerial image of the location: https://goo.gl/Fxv9MF

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/9/9/b/600_448231131.jpeg

Venue Type: Outdoor

Registration (must register for practice and race at MultiGP.com):

• Pilot Practice Registration at MultiGP: http://goo.gl/HfddOw

• Pilot Race Registration at MultiGP: http://goo.gl/U50Y05

• Pilot Registration Fees: $16 PAY HERE (http://1drc.com/blog/steamul8-mini-maker-faire-drone-racing-challenge-2016-pilot-registration) (NOTE: Proceeds will be split with the Georgia Tech Drone Racing Club)

Important Race Participation Requirements for 2016 DRC Events:

RACEBAND: We require RaceBand compliant VTX's for our races. When racing indoors you will be grouped by 25mw and 200mw power ratings. Some venues indoors and outdoors require us to have 25mw in use (FCC requirement). Please come prepared to change your VTX and/or the channel/band of your VTX as needed for each race. If you do not have a 25mw/200mw VTX then you can purchase one from us at the time of the race (prices range from $38-$64).

Raceband Purchase Links:

• Lumenier TX5G25C Mini Cased 25mW 5.8GHz FPV Transmitter with Raceband: http://amzn.to/20uRWUf

• Lumenier TX5G2R Mini 200mW 5.8GHz FPV Transmitter with Raceband: http://amzn.to/1So9KB7

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Drone Pilot Registration: You must have a valid current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Pilot Registration Number afixed to your airframe if your aircraft is more than .55lbs as defined in the FAA Drone Pilot Registration requirements. Review Requirements & Register Here: http://www.faa.gov/uas/registration/

Amatuer Model Aviators (AMA) Membership: We will be requiring a valid current AMA membership for all pilots who wish to fly at any of our organized open public racing events Register Here: https://www.modelaircraft.org/joinnew.aspx

IMPORTANT NOTE: As long as we are flying indoors you are not required to have the FAA registration.

Here is some footage from one of our last races!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKKQgjYphSs

Everyone is promised to have a good time and meet some of the best people from intown and out of town!

Bring your multi-rotor and spare parts if you are flying. If you are a spectator or an enthusiast please bring a chair and all the questions you have about the sport of FPV Drone Racing.

We hope to see everyone there!

The Drone Racing Club (DRC) Directors

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If you are interested in becoming a member please click here for more information (https://1drc.com/membership). Without member volunteers and paying members we would not be able to continue to bring you drone racing events like this. Your support is needed and greatly appreciated!