Dieprivier Drone Derby Programme (PDF)

Tentative Programme 2017:
23 September (Saturday)
Note: Some freestyle activities run concurrently with race activities
08:00 – 09:00 arrival, registration and electronic equipment set-up
09:00 – 09:15 pilot briefing & walk the track (elements to be used in competitive freestyle session)
09:15 – 11:15 open practice racing (not timed)** freestylers Area B & Area E two frequencies only
11:15 – 12:00 fun race challenge involving all pilots – more info to follow
12:00 – 12:30 Freestyle competition session 1
12:30 – 13:00 lunch break – could play QUAD or ADD-ON as freestyle game during this time
13:00 – 15:30 Dronewars session 1 (timed practice) ** Alternate venues for Freestylers
15:30 – 16:00 Freestyle competition session 2
16:00 – 17:00 Dronewars session 2 (timed practice) ** two frequencies for freestylers Area B
17:00 – 17:15 briefing for video challenge & Night Race briefing / track walk
17:15 – 18:00 open practice racing on night track
17:30 onwards - bring and braai (fires provided)
18:00 – 18:45 sunset freestyle recorded footage challenge (official sunset time 18:39)
18:00 – 21:30 Dronewars Night Race TBC (timed & ring fenced as separate event for prizes etc)
6 hours day time racing including practice
4 hours night time racing including practice
5 – 6 hours freestyle time
Tentative Programme 2017:
24 September (Sunday)
08:30 – 09:00 new arrivals registration
09:00 – 09:30 pilot briefing and warm-up laps for new arrivals
09:30 – 12:30 Dronewars session 3 (timed racing)
12:30 – 13:00 lunch break with balloon pop or 3” shoot out
13:00 – 15:30 Dronewars session 4 with finals – all pilots run finals in their groups
15:30 – 16:00 Oval track challenge (while prize giving is prepped)
16:00 - 16:30 prize giving and close
5½ hours racing excluding warm-up laps.
Guidelines for freestyle and racing:
Timing: TBS system, backed up system in event of failure stop watch cell phone timing (Spotters).
Night race not on TBS
Record keeping: TBS backed up by manual records – on spread sheet but screenshots or photos of
each race result are kept.
Participants must fly two different choreographed sequences of 2 minutes each (one in each session)
to music of their choice. Music to be handed to race control on a usb stick. Judging criteria will be
circulated.