An innovative student drone competition promoting real-world drone applications and teamwork
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New in 2025
Updates:
Event guides: 10/10/24
Missions: Released on 11/5/24
FAQ: 10/18/24
Pre-Submit by March 14, 2025
The research portfolio (MS) should be submitted pre-conference. Please follow the state leadership conference instructions regarding how to pre-submit your portfolio to JudgePro by March 14.
Drone Operation & Safety Quiz
Students are asked to complete the drone operation & safety quiz and download the digital certificate to include in their research portfolio (MS),
Droneworks: Middle School is for students in grades 5-9.
It is an Oklahoma TSA Only event and not associated with the National TSA event Drone Challenge (UAV).
There will be no Droneworks: High School event in 2025.
Droneworks encourages students to learn how drones are used in real-world applications. Students will research the use of drones in a given theme area such as search-and-rescue, humanitarian aid, agriculture, structural inspection, and more.
Teams will apply science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts to explore a given real-world problem which can be solved by using a drone.
Participants document their research and applications of drones as a digital research portfolio for Middle School.
Droneworks offers real-world, themed missions that participants fly manually to score the most points. It’s not a race, but a skills competition.
Teams will get a chance to show off their piloting skills as they manually pilot their drone through a set of missions. The mission locations are not revealed until the day of the competition. Once again, it’s not a race, but teams only have one (1:00) minute to complete the missions and score the most points.
Teams will be given up to three (3) manual flight attempts to score the most points.
Team of 1-2 Students
Up to 2 Teams per Chapter
Drone
Digital Research Portfolio
Drone Operation Quiz
Real-World Flight Missions
Manual Flight
Timed Flights
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1:00 min
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Semifinal Interview
Droneworks: Middle School
Middle School TSA members in grades 5-9 will demonstrate their knowledge of drones by participating in manual flight missions related to a given, real-world theme area. Teams also study the principles of flight and research the use of drones related to the given theme to create a digital research portfolio. Semifinalists will further demonstrate their drone knowledge by participating in an interview regarding their digital research portfolio.
A “Team” consists of one to two (1-2) participants with one (1) serving as Pilot and one (1) serving as Spotter.
In a Team of one (1) participant, the individual may serve as both Pilot and Spotter.
Pilot and Spotter can switch roles during the competition.
Two (2) teams of one to two (1-2) students per chapter may participate; one (1) entry per team.
Participants are given a theme related to the use of drones in real-world applications.
Given the provided theme, participants create a digital research portfolio explaining up to three (3) ways drones may be used in relation to the theme.
The digital research portfolio will be submitted pre-conference.
Participants are provided a series of designated flight missions and point values.
Participants will have a one (1:00) minute attempt to complete flight missions manually to score the most points.
Teams will be given up to three (3) attempts to score the most points.
The combined score from the digital research poster and the manual flight missions will determine the twelve (12) semifinalists that will participate in an interview.
Questions will be related to the digital research poster.
2025 Theme: Drones & Energy
Identify up to three (1-3) ways a drone may be used in the energy industry.
Missions will be announced at the Fall
Leadership Conference on November 5, 2024
Droneworks Drones
A. The drone (with all components attached) must not exceed the following dimensions:
a. 9 in (30 cm) width
b. 9 in (30 cm) length
c. 5 in (13 cm) height (as measured from the surface the drone is resting upon to the highest point of the drone, with all its components attached)
B. The drone weight (with all components attached) must not exceed 3.5 oz (100 g).
C. Propeller guards may be used if, once attached, the overall drone size does not exceed the dimensions listed above.
D. A gamepad controller or smartphone/tablet may be used to control the drone.
E. First Person View (FPV) goggles are not allowed.
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