{"658933":{"#nid":"658933","#data":{"type":"news","title":"RotorJackets Win Collegiate Drone Racing Championship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rotorjackets.tech\/\u0022\u003ERotorJackets\u003C\/a\u003E, a Georgia Tech student drone racing team, recently placed first in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/und.edu\/research\/rias\/cdrc\/\u0022\u003ECollegiate Drone Racing Championship\u003C\/a\u003E in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The competition was hosted by the University of North Dakota. The team took three students to the championship, fielding a team for the first time since 2017.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;We practice for big races like this every weekend in the Burger Bowl, and put in countless hours in our simulator,\u0026rdquo; said Tanner Beard, a mechanical engineering major and vice president of racing for RotorJackets. The simulator, called Velocidrone, is run on participants\u0026rsquo; personal computers with their controllers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeard was joined at the Drone Racing Championship by teammates Matt Kelsey, a computer science major; and Luke Lawver, an aerospace engineering major; with contributions from teammate Jordan Moss, an electrical engineering major. Beard also recently competed in the International Open drone race, representing RotorJackets and finishing 17th in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the academic year, RotorJackets host weekly events both in person and online and have weekend signup times for students to practice flying drones. Once a month they meet in the Invention Studio to build, repair, and troubleshoot their devices. The group also works with local schools to teach K-12 students about drones, drone racing, and drone applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThough the group isn\u0026rsquo;t meeting during the summer, students can still learn more about the club at \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/rotorjackets.tech\/\u0022 title=\u0022https:\/\/rotorjackets.tech\/\u0022\u003Erotorjackets.tech\u003C\/a\u003E or by joining the group\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/E6BWKJTrMX\u0022\u003Ediscord\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe RotorJackets, a Georgia Tech student drone racing team, recently placed first in the Collegiate Drone Racing Championship in Grand Forks, North Dakota.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The RotorJackets, a Georgia Tech student drone racing team, recently placed first in the Collegiate Drone Racing Championship in Grand Forks, North Dakota."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2022-06-16 13:15:25","changed_gmt":"2022-06-16 18:40:51","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-06-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-06-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"658935":{"id":"658935","type":"image","title":"RotorJackets Win Collegiate Drone Racing Championship","body":null,"created":"1655385683","gmt_created":"2022-06-16 13:21:23","changed":"1655385931","gmt_changed":"2022-06-16 13:25:31","alt":"Students Matt Kelsey, Luke Lawver, and Tanner Beard participated in the 2022 Collegiate Drone Racing Championship in Grand Forks, North Dakota.","file":{"fid":"249778","name":"rotorjackets3.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rotorjackets3.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rotorjackets3.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":961335,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/rotorjackets3.jpg?itok=7akGunaC"}},"658936":{"id":"658936","type":"image","title":"RotorJackets Win Collegiate Drone Racing Championship","body":null,"created":"1655385732","gmt_created":"2022-06-16 13:22:12","changed":"1655385943","gmt_changed":"2022-06-16 13:25:43","alt":"Students Matt Kelsey, Luke Lawver, and Tanner Beard participated in the 2022 Collegiate Drone Racing Championship in Grand Forks, North Dakota.","file":{"fid":"249779","name":"rotorjackets-win.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rotorjackets-win.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rotorjackets-win.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":956180,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/rotorjackets-win.jpg?itok=Oav5KWAT"}},"658937":{"id":"658937","type":"image","title":"RotorJackets Win Collegiate Drone Racing Championship","body":null,"created":"1655385755","gmt_created":"2022-06-16 13:22:35","changed":"1655385950","gmt_changed":"2022-06-16 13:25:50","alt":"Students Matt Kelsey, Luke Lawver, and Tanner Beard participated in the 2022 Collegiate Drone Racing Championship in Grand Forks, North Dakota.","file":{"fid":"249781","name":"rotorjackets2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rotorjackets2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/rotorjackets2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":563897,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/rotorjackets2.jpg?itok=E0iXzYL0"}}},"media_ids":["658935","658936","658937"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gatech.campuslabs.com\/engage\/organization\/rotorjackets","title":"RotorJackets on Engage"},{"url":"https:\/\/facebook.com\/RotorJackets","title":"RotorJackets on Facebook"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rotorjackets\/","title":"Rotorjackets on Instagram"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"},{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"},{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"108731","name":"School of Mechanical Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}