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ADC (Elementary/Middle/High School Drones)
Location
Sandhills Community College
3395 Airport Road, Southern Pines, North Carolina, 28374 United States
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The Sandhills Region of North Carolina is Calling, Again.
We look forward to hosting our second year of events starting with this Spring Competition with qualifying positions for ADC Regional as well as JROTC National Events. Once again our host location will be on the beautiful campus of Sandhills Community College in the Dempsey Student Center as hosted last spring. The NJROTC of Union Pines Highschool will act as the host organization handling all the setup, operations, and breakdown at the event, as well as concessions. We will also offer a $8/person lunch package in addition to the basic online registration; details will be sent to registered teams.
The event will start at 0800 hours and conclude at 1600 hours.
Agenda
0730 - Doors open
0745 - Team check in, inspections begin
0830 AM - Flight team meeting and match schedule created
Note: Teams not checked in by this time will not be included in the alliance/teamwork match schedule for the day.
0900 AM - Alliance/teamwork matches, solo autonomous flight matches and judging begin
1200 - Lunch
1300 - All matches and judging resume
1400 - Alliance/teamwork matches, solo autonomous flight matches, piloting matches and judging end
1415 - Alliance selections
1430 - Finals
1515 - Awards
1530 - Event ends
Judging format
Judging will take place throughout the event from 0900-1400. Teams are responsible for meeting with Judges as they have availability between matches. If the judges ask to meet with a team that has a pending match soon, it is the teams responsibility to let the judges know when they will be available next.
Flight Logbooks/Engineer's Notebooks will be submitted electronically. Teams will share a link in advance of the competition that must be publicly accessible to anyone with the link. It is recommended that teams actively use the logbook/notebook even during the competition to prepare for interviews and record the event itself as part of their experiences.
Note: The judges will all be wearing blue safety vests so you know who they are when they come to you.
Awards
All Around Champion
Teamwork Mission Champion
Skills Missions Champion (High School)
Skills Missions Champion (Middle School)
Communications Mission Champion
Coding Award
Judges Award
Travel information
Please park in the lots at the back of the campus near the Dempsey Student Center; see the linked map for clarification.
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After parking proceed to the Student Center in the front of the parking area with the ADC Banner flying.
Emergency information
In the event of Severe Weather, we will shelter inside Blue Hall. Should Severe Weather be forecasted in advance of the event it will be rescheduled or canceled with refunds to registered teams.
On-site medical for minor cuts and scrapes should be referred to the Event Coordinator (wearing a green safety vest), Chris Cabana who will have a minor first aid kit. Major injuries should be immediately referred to 911 noting the location on campus; a courtesy notification to the Event Coordinator would also be in order. If you do not have a cell phone to call 911, find the event Coordinator or a nearby person and have them make a call for you.
Refund policy
If a team withdraws they will lose their registration fee. Until the payment deadline, they may however coordinate a transfer or their fee with an unpaid team, but recouping their payment is between those two teams; the event coordinator will not coordinate a refund. Once coordinated they must both contact the event coordinator about their agreement and the coordinator will waive the registration fee for the replacement team.
If you participate in the lunch package, a partial refund may be made possible with the host depending on how much of the lunch goods have already been purchased.
Registered teams 0 of 18
Contact
ccabana@ncmcs.org
832-221-2328
- Dates Sat, Mar 13, 2027 EST
- Registration Nov 9, 2026 – Feb 27, 2027
- Entry fee $80.00
- Payment due Mar 13, 2027
- Capacity 0 / 18 teams
- Program ADC (Elementary/Middle/High School Drones)
- Grade levels Middle School, High School
- Judging In-person initial interviews. Teams submit a digital notebook. Registered teams submit the link from My Registrations.
- Event type Tournament
- Region North Carolina
- Affiliation Open to all
- Season 2026-2027 Season