26.05.2024

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EDRL 2024 S2: kood/Jõhvi

Sunday, 26.05.2024 @ kood/Jõhvi

The second stage of the season takes us to beautiful Jõhvi. Speciffically to the extra cool Coding school that is one of the engines behind our Digi-Awesome counrty.

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Track location in Google Maps

if you get lost, call Janno or Heikko

Schedule*

10:00 - Set-up, Track building
11:00 - Gathering, Tests & Checks, Trackwalk
11:30 - Qualification Rounds
15:00 - Finals
17.00 - Medals & Trophies + Afterparty

*it’s racing - sometimes things change.

Rules

We are running a
Single Ellimination System

Qualification: Every pilot will have no less than 5 attempts to qualify for top 18 spots in the ranking table in order to make it to the finals. Each qualification round is two minutes long, and only the best overall result will count in the ranking table. Result are ranked by best 3 consecutive laps.

Finals: At the end of qualifications top 18 pilots are divided to A, B, C, etc finals and the finals will be raced from lowest to highest. In each final top two pilots will rise to next final, until A final, where the pilots will race for the podium. A and B final rounds will have 3 heats each where each heat will give points as following: 1st place: 4 points, 2nd place 3, 3rd place 2 and last place 1. The points are used to determine the ranks to bump or final result.

Fees

Juniors fly for free, everyone else pays 25€, each race.
All proceeds go towards covering organising costs and prizes.

Classification and Prizes

All pilots fly together.

A separate season leaderboard will be kept for:

GQ (general classification i.e. everyone)
SR (only using Spec Drones)
Juniors (u18)
Masters (40+)
Estonain Championships (Pilots with valid Estonian FAI license)

GQ, SR and Juniors will be awarded for each race as well as for season results.
Masters and EC will be awarded at the end of the season based on collected points.

Medals will be handed to top three at each race. Season top 3 in each class will get an awesome trophy. The GQ winners will get a cash prize (depending on how much participation fees we are able to collect)

We’ll keep working like crazy to get more awesome prizes - stay tuned, but no guarantees.

Technical requirements

GQ

AUW max 800g
Prop size max 5.3”
No battery limit
LEDs are cool & helpful, but not mandatory
Ability to quickly change VTX channel for timing system
Failsafe must drop the drone immediately

Spec Racers

AUW min 550g
Any 5" Tri-blade prop
Any 4s Battery
LEDs are cool & helpful, but not mandatory
KaaacK version Betaflight
RPM Limit 18 000 (or whatever is decided at particular race)
Ability to quickly change VTX channel for timing system
Failsafe must drop the drone immediately

Season points

Points are given to every pilot at the end of each race according to the following system:

1. place 20p

2. place 19p

3. place 18p

...

20. place 1p.

If more than 20 pilots participate the race the maximum amount of point will be equal to the amount of pilots, for example when 30 pilots participate the winner gets 30 point, second 29 etc. For overall ranking the points from all events are added together. Season worst result will be substracted from every pilots overall result.

DRT Estonia

Best performers in Estonian Championships will be invited to join the Drone Racing Team Estonia.

Weather Warning!

We don’t fly if the temperature is below 12 degrees Celsius, or if the forecast promisses nothin’ but rain. We’ll try to replace all canceled races.

2024 Season

The traditional opening stage will take place at the Kollane Race Track near Tallinn. It wll be cold, windy and compatitive. Let’s see who survived the winter and who practiced.
Coders make the world go round, lets go see where they make Coders.
The Vaisi Drone Racing Track has the well earned nickname “The Windy Place”. With all new gates and some other surprises in store.
thinking of Kuressaare…
Estonian Defene League is a huge supporter of Drone Sports. We will go visit them at their training facility. We’ll see what happens:)
Thinking about Pärnu or Jõgeva?
Estonian Aviation Academy has been teaching everything Aviation in Estonia for 30 years. It’s time to show them how it’s done!

What is Drone Racing?

Drone racing is a fascinating and rapidly evolving sport that combines high technology, skill, and adrenaline. The essence of this sport lies in piloting racing drones through various course segments, including gates and obstacles, using first-person view (FPV) goggles that provide the pilot with a direct live feed from the drone's perspective.