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2018 TÜBİTAK
INTERNATİONAL UNMANNED AERİAL
VEHİCLE COMPETİTİON
RULES
Release Date: August 8, 2018
Date of Update: August 3, 2018
Updated Topics (July 20, 2018)
1. Chapter “5.5 TAİ Internship Award” has been added.
Note: Updates are shown in italics and blue.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. SCOPE OF ACTIVITY...................................................................................................................... 1
2. EVENT SCHEDULE......................................................................................................................... 1
3. CONCEPTUAL AND DETAILED DESIGN REPORTS .................................................................... 2
4. TECHNICAL CHECK ....................................................................................................................... 2
4.1 Safety Check ........................................................................................................................... 2
5. PRIZES and INCENTIVES (Promotion)........................................................................................... 4
5.1 Performance Awards ............................................................................................................... 4
5.2 Mention Awards ....................................................................................................................... 4
5.3 Detailed Design Report Preparation Incentive ........................................................................ 4
5.4 Preparatory Incentives, Transfer, and Expense of Awards ..................................................... 5
5.5 TAI Internship Award ............................................................................................................... 6
6. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF THE VEHICLE ................................................................................. 6
6.1 Weight...................................................................................................................................... 6
6.2 Battery Type and Capacity ...................................................................................................... 7
6.3 Engine Type............................................................................................................................. 7
6.4 Original Design ........................................................................................................................ 7
6.5 Fuse......................................................................................................................................... 7
7. MISSIONS ........................................................................................................................................ 7
7.1 Mission 1.................................................................................................................................. 8
7.2 Mission 2.................................................................................................................................. 9
7.3 Mission 3................................................................................................................................ 10
8. GENERAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................ 12
9. PROTEST PROCESS.................................................................................................................... 13
10. COMPETITION SITE ..................................................................................................................... 13
11. OTHER ISSUES............................................................................................................................. 13
12. FLY-OFF ZONE ............................................................................................................................. 15
13. TRANSPORTATION ...................................................................................................................... 15
14. COMMUNICATION ........................................................................................................................ 15
Annex 1:................................................................................................................................................. 16
Annex 2:................................................................................................................................................. 17
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1. SCOPE OF ACTIVITY
In this competition, university or high school students will design and build fixed wing
or rotary wing UAVs based on mission specifications. They will show the skills and
the flight and manoeuvre capabilities of their aerial vehicles in specified missions,
autonomous flight, payload recognition, transportation, and deployment of the load to
the specified location.
Every team must have an Academic Advisor. High school teams must also have an
Academic Responsible Person.
Teams are free to have sponsors for cash or in-kind support from companies. No
separate space will be allocated for sponsors in the contest area. The public areas
will not be used for advertising purposes by sponsors. Sponsor information/logos
may be placed on the tables and tools allocated to the teams in the case of approval
by TÜBİTAK.
2. EVENT SCHEDULE
The overall procedure of the organisation and deadlines are given in Table 1.
Table 1. Event Schedule
EVENTS DATES
Application Dates
5 February 2018 – 16 March 2018
Announcement of Approved Applications 21 March 2018
Training Program (1st Group) 31 March – 1 April 2018
Training Program (2nd Group) 7 – 8 April 2018
Submission of Conceptual Design Report 30 March – 30 April 2018
Announcement of Conceptual Design Report 21 May 2018
Evaluation
Submission of Detailed Design Report and Flight 21 May – 30 July 2018
Video
Withdrawal from the Competition 30 July 2018
Announcement of Detailed Design Report 17 August 2018
Evaluation
Competition Dates 20 – 23 September 2018
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3. CONCEPTUAL AND DETAILED DESIGN REPORTS
Teams must upload the Conceptual and Detailed Design Reports before the deadline
for the submissions. Teams that do not upload the reports will be disqualified. Report
files must be less than 20 MB in size. The Conceptual Design Report must be shorter
than 15 pages and the Detailed Design Report must be shorter than 60 pages. The
report language must be either Turkish or English. Report templates and the
evaluation table will be published on the competition website.
Competitors must upload a flight video of the UAV they designed during the Detailed
Design Report preparation period. This video must be in MP4 format and the duration
of the video must not be longer than 2 minutes. The video must include upper and
both side views of the vehicle and the vehicle must occupy a reasonable area in the
video frame. The vehicle must also be filmed during takeoff and while airborne.
The reports of any teams that lack a flight video attached to the Detailed Design
Report will not be evaluated. Teams with reports that have large similarity will be
disqualified. Rankings for the Detailed Design Report will be announced on the first
day of the competition. The highest scoring reports in both categories will be
published on the competition website.
4. TECHNICAL CHECK
Teams must participate in the competition with the UAV that is defined in the Detailed
Design Report. Minor modifications for improving the flight performance and safety
after the report submission will be examined by the Advisory and Evaluation Board
and conformity to the design defined in the report and the production will be
assessed. Configurations (payloads and related equipment) of the vehicle for
different missions must be defined in the report. Parts to be added, removed, or
replaced must be clearly explained. The hard copy of the reports must be presented
by the teams during registration and the technical check. Teams that do not present
their reports will not be accepted for registration or technical check.
4.1 Safety Check
All UAVs will be inspected for safety before the test and competition flights. Decisions
of the Advisory and Evaluation Board are strictly effective for safety approval. Teams
without safety approval will not be allowed to fly their vehicles.
The following are the minimum requirements to be met for safety approval:
Vehicle must be compatible with the technical drawing shown in the Detailed
Design Report.
Vehicle must be safe in terms of structural and visual integrity.
All the components must be safely mounted on the vehicle.
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All the connections must be firm and tightened with safety wire, liquid
adhesive, and/or screws and nuts. Connection materials must be chosen of
good quality and modality, preventing detachment during flight.
Propeller structure and its connection must be solid.
Wiring and connectors must be sufficient for electrical loads.
Radio control parts must be adequate for remote operation of functions like
turning the motor on and off.
Control mechanisms for the vehicle must be precise enough.
Payload systems must not impair vehicle integrity.
Vehicle radio must be capable of switching to fail-safe mode in case of signal
loss.
Fuse must be in an easily accessible position outside of the vehicle.
Fail-safe mode will be shown on the ground by switching of the radio
transmitter. Aircraft must switch to the following configurations in fail-safe
mode:
For Fixed Wing UAV:
Throttle minimum
Altitude maximum
Rudder full starboard
Aileron full starboard (port)
Flaps fully extended
For Rotary Wing UAV:
Half throttle – Controlled landing
Minimum throttle (with command of the referee)
Radio fail-safe mode is strictly compulsory. Fail-safe definitions are clear and
obligations during the technical check will be ignored. Vehicles lacking fail-safe
technical control will not be queued for the flight mission.
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5. PRIZES and INCENTIVES (Promotion)
The prizes and incentives to be awarded to competitors in the contest held under the
rules specified for the event are given in Table 2.
Table 2. Prizes and Incentives
Prize / Incentive Amount
First Place Prize (for each category) 10,000 TL
Second Place Prize (for each category) 7,500 TL
Third Place Prize (for each category) 5,000 TL
Two Honourable Mentions (for each category) 2,500 TL
Detailed Design Report Preparation Incentive 4,000 TL
Participation Support 2,500 TL
Total Incentive for Teams Participating from Outside of 5,000 TL
Turkey
TAI Internship Award -
5.1 Performance Awards
The prizes will be awarded for the first three scores in the competition for each
category.
5.2 Mention Awards
A total of 4 Mention Awards will be given in accordance with the decision of the
Advisory and Evaluation Board (two for fixed wing and two for rotary wing
categories). Recipients of the Mention Awards will be determined by taking into
consideration such values as sportsmanship, helpfulness, use of innovative
technology, and team spirit.
5.3 Detailed Design Report Preparation Incentive
As a result of the evaluation of the Conceptual Design Report, incentives will be
given to promote the development of the vehicles for each team that continues on in
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the competition. This incentive will be withdrawn from teams that do not submit the
Detailed Design Report or the UAV’s flight video before the deadline. In addition,
TÜBİTAK may request the withdrawal of the incentive in cases where it is assessed
by the Advisory and Evaluation Board that the Detailed Design Report does not
contain adequate information that the incentive is not used in the manufacturing
process of the air vehicle.
As a result of the evaluation of the Detailed Design Report, every team entitled to
participate in the competition will be given participation support to cover travel and
accommodation expenses.
The incentives will be sent to the bank accounts of the universities to which the
teams belong. The use of incentives will be made in accordance with the expenditure
legislation of the related universities.
In the event of any ethical violation in the reports of teams, the teams' reports will not
be assessed and these teams will be disqualified from the competition.
In the event that teams do not attend the technical check before the second day of
the competition at 13.00 o'clock (local time), the Participation Support with Detailed
Design Report Preparation Invitation will be returned.
The responsibilities of the teams for the expenditure of these incentives will be
indicated in the "Commitment", which will be presented by the teams at the time of
application.
5.4 Preparatory Incentives, Transfer, and Expense of Awards
Following the announcement of the results of the Conceptual Design Report, the
prize and/or preparation incentives to be given in the event shall be transferred by
TÜBİTAK to the special account opened by the accounting manager/officer of the
participating organisation for the teams participating from Turkey. Amounts
transferred to the private account are tracked according to the accounting regulations
that are subject to the institutions in the escrow accounts, without being reflected in
the income-expense accounts by the organisation of the participating team.
Expenditures are supervised by the Academic Advisor. In the event of failure to
participate in the event after the application, TÜBİTAK must be notified in writing by
30 July 2018 and all of the subsidies provided for the participant shall be returned to
the relevant bank account of TÜBİTAK no later than 30 July 2018 with the default
interest to be calculated starting from 30 July 2018.
The team must return the whole incentive to the account of TÜBİTAK together with
the default interest (based on 30 July 2018 as the start of interest) in the following
cases:
Not sending the Detailed Design Report or Flight Video to TÜBİTAK before the
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deadline (30 July 2018),
A written notice of withdrawal after 30 July 2018,
Failure to register at the event site on 20 September 2018,
Technical inadequacy or disqualification from the competition due to the
reasons mentioned above by the Advisory and Evaluation Board.
At the end of the event, the amount of the support remaining in the special account is
kept on the escrow accounts and, if necessary, is spent at the request of the
responsible person as preparation support for participation in the same activity in the
following years.
Preparatory incentives will be issued on 20 September 2018 with complete
registration in the race area and with the technical check of the vehicles being
completed, or will be transferred by EFT to the special account of the academic
advisors for the teams participating from outside of Turkey.
The Detailed Report Preparation Incentive will be withdrawn regardless of the
expenses incurred when an ethical violation is detected and when the Detailed
Design Report and/or flight videos are not sent. The Advisory and Evaluation Board
has the right to ask for the return of incentives for reports deemed insufficient.
The awards given at the end of the event will be transferred to the same private
account by TÜBİTAK.
5.5 TAI Internship Award
The prize will be given by TAI to the winning team (the first position) for
each category (fixed and rotary). This award is given only to teams participating from
Turkey. Members of the team that won the first place will work for two months in the
summer period of 2019 at the TAI Technology Center or Office of Assistant General
Manager for UAV Systems .
In case of the team that won the first place is not participated from Turkey, the prize
will be given the team that won the second place. If the team that won the second
place (performance award) is not too participated from Turkey, the prize will be given
the team that won the third place.
6. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF THE VEHICLE
6.1 Weight
Fixed or rotary wing UAVs must not exceed the maximum take-off weight of 4 kg.
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6.2 Battery Type and Capacity
There is no restriction. Alternative energy sources can also be used.
6.3 Engine Type
Only electrical motors will be used. Radio control units that broadcast in the
frequency ranges allowed for radio control use in the band plans in Turkey may be
used. However, it is recommended to select a radio control and/or telemetry unit with
a digital coder operating in the 2.4 GHz or 5.8 GHz band, so that the vehicles are
least affected by environmental factors. The vehicle should be able to automatically
switch to fail-safe mode within a maximum of 5 seconds in the event of signal loss in
the radio control unit. The type of broadcast that will affect the flight of the vehicle
competing during the competition is a reason for disqualification.
6.4 Original Design
The UAVs should be originally designed and produced by the teams themselves.
Team Captains must sign the Originality Declaration Form contained in the Detailed
Design Report. UAV bodies that have been supplied in a ready-made form, copied
from another UAV in use, and/or designed for another competition may not be used.
Teams will be disqualified if such a situation is detected at any stage of the
competition. The originality of the vehicle will be disclosed in reports and the Advisory
and Evaluation Board will take this into consideration when evaluating the reports.
The vehicle must not have participated in any other contests before, including the
TÜBİTAK UAV Contest.
6.5 Fuse
There must be an easily accessible fuse unit on the outside of the vehicle to be used
to switch off the electrical system in any emergency. There should be no energy
transfer to any electrical/electronic circuit or element when the fuse unit is removed.
7. MISSIONS
Fixed and rotary wing UAVs will perform different missions.
Each vehicle will be evaluated in its own category.
Each team has a maximum of 5 flight attempts in total within the competition period
as long as they are able to use their turns. Take off from the runway for a mission
means that one of the flight attempts is used.
The order of flights for the teams will be determined according to the scores from the
Detailed Design Report. Flights will be performed according to the list starting from
the team with the highest score.
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A team that cannot take off within 2 minutes will lose its flight turn. Each mission
must be completed within 6 minutes after take off.
The flight time is the elapsed time between the start and finish lines.
Missions will be performed in order. For a new mission to be attempted, the previous
one must be completed successfully.
In all missions the telemetry system will be tested before flight and the ability to send
speed, altitude, and location data will be monitored throughout the flight. Each team
will bring its own telemetry system. If the telemetry system does not work, the flight
will be allowed and the total score received from the mission will be multiplied by
0,75. In case any problem occurs with the telemetry system during flight, the decision
of the Flight Judge is final.
The minimum flight altitude will be 5 meters and the maximum flight altitude will be 50
meters. However, in all cases, referees have the authority to terminate flights for
safety reasons.
In Mission 2 and Mission 3, gel or slime filled silicone or balloon balls will be used as
a payload. These balls are shown in Figure 1. These are elastic balls with a minimum
diameter of 60 mm and a minimum weight of 80 grams. Balls will be referred as
payloads hereafter.
Figure 1. Silicone Gel Balls as the Loads
7.1 Mission 1
In this mission, the vehicle will be manually tested for flight, manoeuvrability, and
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telemetry capability.
Fixed and rotary wing UAVs will make 2 full laps, following the flight route as shown
in Figure 2, starting from the starting line and then performing a safe landing with
making two 360° turns as shown in Figure 2 in each round.
The time will start when the horizontal and vertical starting line is crossed and the
time will stop after the vertical end line has been passed at the end of the second
round. The UAV’s flight route as given in Figure 2 will be monitored from the ground
station with the telemetry system. After this mission, the weight of the aircraft will be
measured.
Figure 2. Mission 1 Flight Route
7.2 Mission 2
In this mission, the air vehicle will be tested for autonomous flight, payload transport,
and payload-deployment ability in the appropriate order and to the specified target
area.
In this mission, the requirements are as follows:
Vehicles will carry up to 4 loads. The number of payloads that will be carried
by the team must be declared to the Flight Judges before the flight attempt.
The payloads will be released to the numbered areas of the given in the
detailed drawing in Figure 3 (it is not necessary to leave the loads in that
order).
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The total number of loads declared by the teams must be loaded into the aircraft
within 2 minutes and the vehicle should be ready to fly when that time is over. After
the take-off, the vehicle must be switched to autonomous mode within at most 5
seconds. The team’s score will be calculated depending on whether the payloads are
deployed to the designated target areas. In the case of more than one payload
dropped in one release, the loads dropped on that release will be invalid. Points will
not be calculated for loads falling outside the target area.
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4
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Figure 3. Mission 2 Flight Route
7.3 Mission 3
In Mission 3, different tasks have been defined for rotary wing and fixed wing UAVs.
In this mission, the requirements for the rotary wing UAVs are as follows:
Autonomous take off,
Autonomously retrieving a payload from specified coordinates,
Autonomously releasing loaded payload in the area indicated in Figure 4.
The mission will be considered successful if the dropped load falls into the target
region. Once the load has been successfully taken, the mission will be scored
according to release of the load to the target area after passing the mid-course
line defined in Figure 4.
The load may be contained in a mechanism previously prepared by the teams. By
means of this mechanism, the load can be transported to the target region.
However, during the release of the load to the target zone, the mechanism must
not be separated from the vehicle. If the mechanism also falls with the load, the
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load release portion of the mission will be considered as unsuccessful.
In this mission, the requirements for the fixed wing UAVs are as follows:
Full autonomous take off from the runway, followed by two laps of the route
shown in Figure 5, followed by full autonomous landing.
After the vehicle crosses the finish line and stops, the team’s score will be
calculated according to the distance to the finish line. If the landing point is behind
the finish line, the team will not be awarded points.
Note: Scoring formulas will be announced later.
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Payload
Loading
Platform
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Figure 4. Mission 3, Rotary Wing UAV Flight Route
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Figure 5. Mission 3, Fixed Wing UAV Flight Route
8. GENERAL INFORMATION
The UAV pilot should be a student and a member of the team. Team members and
pilots are expected to submit their student identification documents during
registration. The documentations proving that the member is/was a student at the
time of application should be original and should bear the signature and stamp of the
student registration office or school administration. If it is detected that a member of a
team, including its pilot, has falsely claimed to be a student, the team will be
disqualified from the competition.
The teams should complete the registration for sporting/amateur pilot and UAV
vehicle at the website of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation
(http://iha.shgm.gov.tr/index.html). The barcode sticker generated by the system
should be printed out and stuck onto the vehicle. The registration of the vehicles at
the website of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation should be completed and
approved by 9 July 2018. If a problem arising from the Directorate General of Civil
Aviation occurs in the approval process, the case will be evaluated by the
Competition Organising Committee of TÜBİTAK. The decision of this committee is
final.
The application of any team whose pilot registration or UAV registration has not been
approved will be invalid. These teams will not be allowed to join the competition and
full refund of the financial support will be requested. It is the responsibility of the
teams to complete the approval process by the deadline. Teams are advised to take
all necessary precautions. TÜBİTAK will consider the approval date, not the
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application date.
All the teams should present the documentation that shows that their pilots and
vehicles have been approved by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation at the
registration on the competition day. In the case of missing or incomplete
documentation the team will not be able to register and participate in the competition.
TÜBİTAK reserves the right to ask for the refund of the financial support.
9. PROTEST PROCESS
Teams may submit a protest to the Competition Organising Committee at any time
during the competition.
Protests must be submitted in writing and signed by both the academic advisor and
the captain of the team.
Protests and penalties (up to disqualification from the contest for deliberate attempts
to misinform officials, violation of the contest rules, or safety infractions) will be
decided by the Competition Organising Committee.
Each team has the right to protest up to three times. Unethical behaviour will be
evaluated according to the team commitment letter.
Protests of the teams whose advisors are not present at the competition site will not
be evaluated.
Protests by e-mail will not be accepted.
Protests will be answered in the shortest possible time. Decisions will be available for
review at the Administration/Registration Office at the competition site. There will be
no e-mail messaging to inform the teams about the protest decisions.
Teams may submit a protest within 3 hours following the time of the situation that is
the subject of the protest. Protests submitted later than this will not be considered.
10. COMPETITION SITE
The competition will be held at the İstanbul Grand Airport (İGA) campus. The fly-off
zone will be announced later.
11. OTHER ISSUES
If a member of a team behaves in such a way as to disrupt the competition or the
competition staff during or after the contest, or participates in unethical verbal and/or
written (including social media) behaviour, that team will be disqualified from the
competition.
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Teams that do not submit their Conceptual Design Report and Detailed Design
Report before the due date will not be allowed to participate in the competition and
these reports will not be evaluated.
The academic advisors of the teams should be full-time employees of the universities
where they are working. The original official documents signed and stamped by the
administration of the university should be submitted at the time of registration. In the
case that the academic advisor does not present the required documents, the team
will be disqualified. Designated (substitute) advisor applications during the
registration will not be accepted. Teams that attempt to participate with
designated/substitute advisors instead of the academic advisor declared on the
application forms will not be allowed to compete.
High school teams should be present at the competition site with their Academic
Advisor or Academic Responsible Person. Academic advisors of the high school
teams should be a full-time employee of a university. The Academic Responsible
Person should be a full-time teacher at the high school of the competing team. The
original copy of the official document signed and stamped by the City/Town
Educational Administration should be submitted at the time of registration.
Technical checks will be carried out before and after each flight. The Flight Judge will
evaluate the vehicles that have been damaged or whose parts have fallen off (whose
UAV integration has been lost) during the flights.
The Flight Judge decides whether the mission is successfully completed and whether
the vehicle can participate in the remaining missions.
The unloaded vehicle will be weighed before and after each mission flight. A mass
change (increase or decrease) in excess of 10 grams will not be accepted and the
mission will be evaluated as unsuccessful.
Teams should have at least two and at most ten members.
New members are not allowed to join the teams after the applications are submitted.
One person can be a member of only one team. If such a case is detected, all the
involved teams will be disqualified.
All the members of the team should be present at the desks designated for their team
one hour before the award ceremony. Teams that do not stay at the competition site
until the end of the award ceremony are not eligible for Participation Certificates,
Plaques, Medallions, and Awards. TÜBİTAK reserves the right to ask for the full
refund of the financial support from the teams that leave the site before the ceremony
ends.
Academic Advisors/Academic Responsible People are required to accompany their
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teams at the registration before the competition. Failing this, the registration of the
team will not be allowed and the technical check of the vehicle will not be performed.
Each team will have the right to at most three test flights in the event that there is
sufficient time within mission flights.
12. FLY-OFF ZONE
Information will be available when the competition site is determined.
TÜBİTAK reserves the right to make changes to the Competition Rules Book and to
the mission definitions. Any change will be announced on the official website. The
most recently updated Rules Book will be valid at the competition.
13. TRANSPORTATION
Transportation information will be announced later.
14. COMMUNICATION
E-mail: uavturkey@tubitak.gov.tr
Website: uavturkey.tubitak.gov.tr
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Annex 1:
SCORING
Report Mission 1 Mission 2 Mission 3 Total
25 25 25 25 100
Mission Formula
I 15( tmin / ttm) +10(Wmin / Wtm)
II 25(NBtm / NBmax)
III (Rotary Wing) 25(DFLtmin / DFLtm)
12,5 (if only the first part of mision is completed
successfully, that is, the load is taken, the line is
passed, but the load is not successfully dropped
to the target area)
25 (if both parts of mission is completed
successfully)
III (Fixed Wing) 25(DFLtmin / DFLtm)
Wmin: The minimum take off weight of any team
Wtm: The take off weight of the team.
tmin: Minimum time of any team.
ttm: Time of the team.
NBtm: Number of loads dropped successfully (in target area) for the team.
NBmax: Maximum number of loads dropped successfully by any team.
DFLtmin: Minimum distance to the Finish Line by any team.
DFLtm: Distance to the Finish Line by the team.
Note: If the telemetry system does not work, the flight will be allowed and the total score
received from the mission will be multiplied by 0,75
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Annex 2:
Note: Approximate measures of the competition area are given below. This
measurements will be updated again when finalized.
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