The Three Dealers Challenge
Join us or you will miss out big time !
Three Ardupilot dealers have teamed up to bring the first three dealers challenge, ArdiDrones in South Africa, Canada Drones in Canada and Build Your Own Drone in the UK have come together to challenge you to produce the best video to showcase the Ardupilot Mega (1.0, 1.4 or 2.0) by making a video and sharing in the setup, PID’s and frame used to acheieve the results.
This competition is open to anyone who uses a ArduPilot Mega autopilot in any multi rotor frame, Heil or fixed wing craft, so if you have a home built copter made from random parts found around the home or the office, or have an off the shelf frame fitted with the APM you are welcome to join in the fun.
The main aim of the compitition is to have some fun and show what the APM can deliver. The overall video will be voted on by the members of the DIYD community and there is a prize for the three videos which receive the higest number of votes, there is a total prize of $600, broken down into
1st $300
2nd $200
3rd $100
Tc and Cs
1. All information detailing how to enter this competition forms part of these terms and conditions. It is a condition of entry that all rules are accepted as final and that the competitor agrees to abide by these rules. The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Submission of an entry will be taken to mean acceptance of these terms and conditions.
2. All entries should be submitted by via YouTube videos with the video pasted here in the three dealers challenge thread, all entries will need to have a video made which will feature the copter / plane as an introduction, hardware used & PID settings used during the flight. The Videos will need to be no longer than 2 min’s and you can be as creative as you like, the judging will be done on the overall production of the video, great smooth flights and interesting use of subjects, use of position hold, auto, RTL and other functions are promoted and are the key areas the judges will be looking for while shooting a video.
3. All videos submitted must be the work of the individual submitting them and must not have been published elsewhere or have won a prize in any other competition. It is the responsibility of each entrant to ensure that any images they submit have been taken with the permission where needed of the subject and do not infringe the copyright of any third party or any laws. Entrants must warrant that the video they are submitting is their own work and that they own the copyright for it. In the process of making your video all local laws most be obsevered, if there appears to be a “law” broken then the entry will be removed.
4. The winning entry will be that that is judged to be the most visually appealing, original and self-explanatory.
5. The winner will be notified within seven days of the closing date of the competition (The closing date for the next round is midnight on Saturday, March 31, 2012).
6. Copyright in all videos submitted for this competition remains with the respective entrants. However, in consideration of their providing the Competition, each entrant grants a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual licence to feature any or all of the submitted videos in any of their publications, their websites and/or in any promotional material connected to this competition.
7. Only one entry per person, updates are allowed to your entry once submitted, but not after the closing date.
8. One entrant shall win $300 for first place, one Entrant will win $200 for second place and one entrant shall win $100 for third place. These sums of money can be used in anyone of the three sponsoring stores, South Africa, Canada or UK. The value of the price will include the shipping cost, the prizes are non transferable and there are no cash alternatives offered, all Taxes & Duties are the reasonability of the winners.
9. Events may occur that render the competition itself or the awarding of the prizes impossible due to reasons beyond the control of the Promoter and accordingly the Promoter may at its absolute discretion vary or amend the promotion and the entrant agrees that no liability shall attach to the Promoter as a result thereof.
what are you waiting for ! start flying !
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Distributor Comment by Dany Thivierge on February 10, 2012 at 6:22pm -
nope, they are not entries... but I bet you he is working on something for us as we speak... ;)
Grips seems like he is doing some kind of intro so I guess he is working on a shot to win...
I wonder how many are just working on it in silence to surprise us with a MEGA production???
Robert, I hope you will show us what you can do!
can I participate?... hehe I guess I can post a video but not win... Too bad my GoPro is dead (long story for another day!) Maybe I will get something going...
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Comment by Ellison Chan on February 10, 2012 at 6:25pm -
Do you play poker, Dany? :-)
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Comment by Johann Van Niekerk on February 11, 2012 at 1:34am -
Lol Ellison.
Dany I cant see why we cant have a go at it ? we cant win but we can put up some competion to the other droners cant we ? ;-)
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Comment by Duran - SteadiDrone on February 11, 2012 at 2:06am -
Hey again guys. These videos were not done for this compitition, but why could the first behind the scenes video not be accepted ? Just because the slight blurred effect around the edges ? That is a personal taste. If my videos are not 'allowed' I accept the challenge :) we are building a new rig this month, and will try, if time allows, to do a full 'doccy' on it, build, settings, pid, testing, flight, actuall video from it etc, all using APM1...
Stay tuned, and may the battle begin ;)
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Comment by Johann Van Niekerk on February 11, 2012 at 3:08am
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Lol Hi Duran ...I like it !
there is nothing wrong with the first video but this compition is about showcasing the most of APM modes and functions as possible. so the idea would be to get RTL, Auto ,Alt hold that stuff in the video.
but looking forward to yours
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Distributor Comment by Dany Thivierge on February 11, 2012 at 6:42am -
Yeah the behind the scenes one is quite good! It shows your frame in it's "real' environment.
But like Johann said we want to really show the other modes and features.
We also need a good shot at your specs... need to see that it is really an APM powered craft. And extra points to show your version used, PID settings and highlight your specs (size, weight, motors, ... etc... )
Nothing stops you from just adding these shots to the previous video! Or shoot brand new one, it's all up to you.
We just want to spice up the APM powered craft visibility around the world!
Impress us and you will inspire others.
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Developer Comment by R_Lefebvre on February 11, 2012 at 6:59am -
Dany, I might try to make something, but no promises. Maybe a video of a 6 year old flying a 600 Heli in stabilize mode would be a good demonstration. ;)
Duran, no reason you couldn't enter your video if you want to.
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Distributor Comment by Dany Thivierge on February 11, 2012 at 7:18pm -
@Robert, don't break any rules....
:)
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Distributor Comment by Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk on February 12, 2012 at 7:28am -
The whole point and the concept of this competition is to show what can be done & how you did it, and no doubt there is a very high standard of production work and overall presentation from Duran, however as pointed out above this is a mixture of disciplines where a showcase of the features and functions with a good overall video will take the top spot!
So if you have tuned, prepped and pimped your ArduPilot to deliver a video showing a large range of the features packed in to the APM, you are in the running for top spot, technical use of the APM is just as important as the final cut which you post. :)
@ Robert, that sounds like a great idea!
I also hope someone shows us the "fence" mode on the APM in action! My thought here was like an arcade game / video, resetting ready to go again when it hits the "wall" ….. :-)
Regards
Martin.
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Comment by Johann Van Niekerk on February 14, 2012 at 10:17pm
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Hi Willie
Thanx for the entry . ! your the first so far but I have a feeling there are a few people working on there entries.
Good luck . Love the area you chooze to fly , was there in Desember to try and fly but the wind did not want to play along !
best
Johann
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