Reno Top Gun Drone Series 3 - The Jester Challenge

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Location

Grand Sierra Resort

2500 E. 2nd St, Reno, Nevada, 89595 United States

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General information

Welcome to the Reno Top Gun Drone Series 3 - The Jester Challenge!

This is an open qualifying tournament for all high school and middle school teams.

Teams per school limit is 4.

Minimum number of members per team is 3, unless you only have one team to enter.

Log books must be digital and the link pasted in the appropriate place on the team's home page.  Logbooks will be pulled for judging at 5:00 pm, 29 January.

Agenda

This is a tentative agenda = subject to change prior to the event.

7:00 am: Pit Area open; Team check in & Inspections (3) Skills fields open for practice (3 min sessions only). Flight test areas open all day​

8:00 am: Team check in, inspections and practice closed. ​

8:10 am: Pilot & Safety Briefing​

8:20 am: (4) Skills fields open for Piloting Only; Interviews open​

9:30 am: Piloting only closed. Pilot, Autonomous and Teamwork open​

12:00 pm: - 12:30 pm: Lunch break ​

12:30 pm: Interviews, autonomous and teamwork continue​

4:00 pm: Teamwork matches complete; Interviews complete​

4:15 pm: Alliance Selections​

4:30 pm: Finals begin​

5:00 pm: Finals complete​

5:15 pm Awards​

Judging format

Logbook links will be pulled from the RECF event registration page on the 29th of January. Any logbook links not present by that date will result in those teams not being eligible for any judged awards.  Teams will conduct a face to face interview during the competition with judges.  Any teams not conducting the team interview will be ineligible for any judged awards.

Awards

All Around Champion (1 award)

All Around Champion Middle School (if at least 10 MS teams are competing) (1 Award)

Skills Champion (1 Award)

Skills Champion Middle School (if at least 10 MS teams are competing) (1 Award)

Skills Second Place (1 Award)

Skills Third Place (1 Award)

Teamwork Champions (2 awards)

Teamwork Second Place (2 Awards)

Teamwork Third Place (2 Awards)

Communications Mission Champion (1 Award)

Airmanship Award (1 Award)

Coding Award (1 Award)

Judges Award (1 Award)

Travel information

Reno has a wide range of reasonably priced lodging accommodations, please reach out to scott.caldwell@washoeschools.net if you have any questions.

Emergency information

Weather call will be made 1-2 days prior to the competition - no news is good news. If the event will be rescheduled, an email will be sent to coaches using the address linked to their team registration.

Refund policy

There are no entry fees for this event.

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  • Dates Feb 6 – Feb 6, 2027 PST
  • Registration Oct 1 – Dec 18, 2026
  • Entry fee Free
  • Capacity 0 / 50 teams
  • Program ADC (Elementary/Middle/High School Drones)
  • Grade levels High School, Middle School
  • Event type Tournament
  • Qualification Qualifying Event
  • Region Nevada
  • Association Open to all
  • Season 2026-2027 Season
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