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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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The GT Vertical Flight Society's email is gt.ahs.calendar@gmail.com
Summary Sentence: March 15 is the deadline to register for the April 17 competition
Full Summary: Students from every major are invited to participate in this competition, where a $500 grand prize will be awarded for the best drone team
GT Vertical Flight Society's logo
Triumph Group logoYou are invited to register for the first-ever
Teams must register by emailing gt.ahs.calendar@gmail.com by March 15
Teams that have not registered by this date may not participate, although team members may be added until the competition date .
Team Requirements
Teams may consist of as many currently enrolled Georgia Tech students as desired, but the prize will remain the same regardless of team size.
Drone Requirements
Any out-of-the-box or custom-built drones allowed as long as it is equal to or smaller than 350mm
(13¾”) measured diagonally from rotor shaft to rotor shaft. First person view, manual or autonomous flight are all permitted
Each team will pick up and deposit as many payloads as they can during the 4 allotted minutes. The payloads will be golf balls covered in the soft side (loop side) of Velcro and will be distributed throughout the arena. Apply your creativity to design the collecting and release mechanism! Teams will compete individually on the course, and the team that collects the largest number of payloads in the time provided will be declared the winning team:
Please submit questions by March 10 to gt.ahs.calendar@gmail.com
Answers will be posted on the Georgia Tech Vertical Flight Society website: https://ahs.gatech.edu
