Technical
6
0 points
How many points did we get at the 2025 Competition?
This is the exact diameter and weight of the beanbag used in the Package Drop mission."
What is 6.4 cm and approximately 130g?
This controller is tuned by vibes and lucky guesses
What is a PID controller
IMU
What is the abbreviation of inertial messurement unit
Open-source autopilot software
What is Ardupilot?
A garage in Holte
Where was RAVEN started
In the Circuit Time Trial, a team's score is not simply based on their own time — it is calculated this way instead.
What is a linear slope comparing all teams' times, awarding the fastest team 12 points and the slowest 8?
This aerodynamic phenomenon is always to blame for problems with your fixed wing (even tho its clearly your own control law that is the cause)
What is stall?
I2C
This is the reason a airplanes flying at airports like Mojave need longer runway.
What is high density altitude reducing air density, which decreases lift and engine/motor efficiency?
Emil & Anders
Who in the current team has crashed a RAVEN drone?
In the Package Recovery mission, the package will weigh somewhere in this range.
What is 1–2 kg
~86 kcal: same as half a can of coke.
How much electrical energy is stored in a 99.9 Wh battery?
BVLOS
What is the abbreviation for beyond visual line of sight
This is why a barometer on a drone must be shielded from direct airflow, and the specific error it causes if left exposed.
What is Bernoulli effect — airflow over the sensor creates a low pressure reading, making the autopilot think it is higher than it actually is?
When you hold a drone over your head with the props spinning to test it.
What is a Borg test?
During the Target Localization mission, descending below this altitude results in a flat score of zero — but there is a middle zone where only 3 points are deducted instead.
What is 20 feet (flat zero), with a 3-point deduction for descending below 25 feet but staying above 20?
This NASA rover, still operating decades beyond its planned mission life, is one of the most famous examples of a semi-autonomous system operating with extreme communication delays.
What is Opportunity (Curiosity, Perseverance)
Is what the acronym JST stands for.
What is Japan Solderless Terminal?
These are the dimensions of a standard camera matrix and distortion coefficient vector.
What are 3×3 and 1×5?
20
A team's final flight score is not the sum of all missions completed — it is calculated this specific way.
What is the sum of the top 4 scoring missions only?
This Boston Dynamics robot became a cultural phenomenon after videos of it being kicked and recovering went viral, sparking widespread public debate about robot rights.
What is Spot (or Atlas)?
PETG
what is the abbreviation for polyethylene terephthalate glycol