The Great Big GADC 7th Birthday Challenge and Treasure Hunt!

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The Challenge

  • Following is the list of the 24 objectives that form the Grey Arrows Drone Club Seventh Birthday Challenge and Treasure Hunt.
  • You gain a point for posting a photograph (or video when requested) that matches the requirements of each objective.
  • Each objective has one or more bulleted bonus items underneath. A single clear picture of the subject and any bonus items earns points. We accept still and video images from drone cameras, single frames from video and screenshots of phone apps all with or without OSD overlay.
  • There is no need to achieve all the objectives or to gain maximum points for each, or to tackle them in a specific order.
  • The object is to “collect” items to amass points. There is no requirement, other than your own pride in your artistry, for aesthetic appeal, this is NOT a photographic competition. A picture that clearly shows the subject and bonus items is far more appreciated than an arty picture with the bonus items being so far away that they become a couple of disputed or unrecognisable pixels.
  • At the end of the Challenge the person who has accrued the highest number of points as determined by the judges will be declared the winner.

Rewards

  • The first-placed contestant will win the top prize of a ÂŁ200 DroneSafe Store voucher. They will also win the unique 1st Place Gold Trophy Badge for the 2024 Birthday Challenge that can be displayed on every post that you make in the forum. In addition they will receive a three-month extension of their club membership (or three months GADC membership if not already a member) and seven free entries to any of our prize competitions - recent prizes included a DJI Avata 2, a Mavic Air 3 or an EcoFlow River 2 Portable Power Station!
  • The person who achieves the second-highest number of points will be awarded a ÂŁ100 voucher, two free months of membership, six competition entries and the 2024 Birthday Challenge 2nd Place Silver Trophy Badge.
  • The contestant who has accumulated the third-highest number of points will be awarded the 2024 Birthday Challenge 3rd Place Bronze Trophy Badge, a ÂŁ50 DroneSafe Store voucher, 5 free competition entries and one free month GADC membership or extension.
  • In the case of a tie for first, second or third place(s) the relevant prize(s) will be apportioned equally between the tying contestants.
  • Free competition entries will be given to the fourth (4), fifth (3), sixth (2) and seventh-placed (1) contestants.
  • Irrespective of their final placing entrants who submit an image for each of the 24 tasks will get a Gold “Completist” badge, those completing all but one task will win a Silver badge and those completing 22 of the 24 will get a Bronze badge.
  • All entrants will be given a 2024 Birthday Challenge entrant badge that they can display alongside their avatar on all forum posts.

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The Subjects and their Bonuses

1. A pub

  • Bonus for seven or more customers at tables outside
  • Bonus if associated with a notable person (proof required)
  • Bonus if it is a listed building (see note *1 below - proof required)

2. A public park

  • Bonus for a boating lake
  • Bonus for seven or more boats being used on the water (not attached to anything)

3. An access platform - scissor lift or cherry picker in use - not vehicle mounted

  • Bonus for orange or green colouring
  • Bonus for two or more in picture
  • Bonus for 2 or more workers in one basket

4. A bridge
One bonus point for each item shown underneath the bridge in your picture:

  • Road - a lane or more in opposite directions
  • Railway - standard gauge
  • River - marked as such on Google Maps or Ordnance Survey (proof required)

5. A statue inside an FRZ - permission MUST be obtained and shown in your post. (Names and contact numbers may be redacted). 3 points are awarded for successful completion

  • Bonus for Wikipedia article about the statue (link required)
  • Bonus for being an equestrian statue

6. A National Trust (or Scottish / NI equivalent) property - TOAL from non-NT land please!
Evidence may be required

  • Bonus for a Wikipedia entry regarding the property
  • Bonus for a lake in the picture.

7. A heavy recovery vehicle - boom and/or underlift type, NOT a flatbed.

  • Bonus for recovering or towing a vehicle.
  • Bonus for 4 or more axles on recovery vehicle
  • Bonus for 10 or more axles total (recovery vehicle and towed vehicle)

8. A recreational motorboat - not an inflatable or a RIB

  • Bonus for two or more outboard engines on the boat
  • Bonus for a waterskier being towed
  • Bonus for the boat having a red hull

9. An Austin 7 (1922-39)

  • Bonus for an open car (i.e hood down)
  • Bonus for yellow, orange or red main bodywork
    A second photo of the car taken at ground level (drone, phone or camera) would be appreciated.

10. A builders’ merchant.

  • Bonus for a customer’s truck being loaded
  • Bonus for the merchant’s truck being loaded or unloaded. The company name or logo must be clearly visible
  • Bonus for a forklift being used to load or unload

11. A tower crane - a video of between 15 and 30 seconds

  • Bonus for two or more working on the same building site
  • Bonus for being operated with a load, i.e. lifting or moving material
  • Bonus for not being yellow, white or red

12. A tower

  • Bonus for not being a church or castle tower
  • Bonus for being a listed building (see note *1 - proof required)
  • Bonus for being the subject of a Wikipedia article (link required)

13. A sports ground

  • Bonus for a game or match in progress
  • Bonus if the game or match is professional i.e. paid players and the public are charged an admission fee. Proof required

14. Mineral extraction - mines, quarries and open cast. A video of between 15 and 30 seconds

  • Bonus for working conveyor belt
  • Bonus for 3 axle articulated dump truck - Volvo A60H for example
  • Bonus for two-storey portakabin or container offices

15, Semi-detached houses

  • Bonus for both having a red car in the driveway
  • Bonus for both having 4 or more solar panels on the roof
  • Bonus for both having a paddling pool in the garden - front or back
  • Bonus for both having a caravan on the driveway
  • 2 bonus points if all the above conditions are filled and the bonus items clearly visible

16. A motorway or dual carriageway at night

  • Bonus for long exposure (2 seconds or more) showing light trails in each direction
  • Bonus for motorway or dual carriageway services on at least one side

17. Seven drones flying under their own power - drone or ground camera shot. Must be taken after August 18th. You can enlist the help of both club members and non-members

  • Bonus if more than 2 brands
  • Bonus if at least one of the drones is carrying a legible GADC Birthday message (not written on its body or arms)
  • Bonus if all 7 have a legible message
  • Three bonus points if all seven are clearly visible in a shot obviously taken by drone

18. Birthday Rainbow Quickshots - easy subjects- although they must be taken on or after the specified start date.

  • Week 1 Starting July 21st - 7 or more Red vans in one shot
  • Week 2 Starting July 28th - 6 or more Orange boats in one shot
  • Week 3 Starting August 4th - 5 or more Yellow pub or cafe umbrellas in one shot
  • Week 4 Starting August 11th - 4 or more dogs being walked on a village Green
  • Week 5 Starting August 18th - 3 or more Blue tents
  • Week 6 Starting August 25th - Indigo night - 2 drone photos taken at night in different locations
  • Week 7 Starting September 1st - One or more Violet cars

One point for each correctly completed task,
Three bonus points for all seven tasks correctly completed.

19. A heritage railway. Any gauge from minimum (15 inch) upward.

  • Bonus for a steam-hauled train in motion
  • Bonus for two trains in motion in the same picture, one steam-hauled, the other any motive power
  • Bonus for rail-mounted breakdown crane in picture

20. A military vehicle on a public road

  • Bonus for a convoy of three or more
  • Bonus if one vehicle is not olive green
  • Bonus if one vehicle is tracked and moving under its own power

21, A national flag (English, Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish) flown from a private single-family occupancy house or its garden

  • Bonus if flown in conjunction with a Union flag
  • Bonus if the flag is flying from a staff or pole, not hung from or in a window

22. A summer fete or fair

  • Bonus for an event taking place in a cordoned-off show ring
  • Bonus for a bouncy castle or inflatable slide
  • Bonus for more than 12 stalls

23. Seven trees - exactly seven, obviously isolated from any others

  • Bonus for both deciduous and evergreen trees in same clump of seven

24. An abandoned or derelict building (Don’t trespass!)

  • Bonus for a video or hyperlapse between 15 and 30 seconds of flying inside
  • Bonus if it is mentioned in a Wikipedia article (post the link with your image or video)

*1. In the United Kingdom, a listed building[a] is a structure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.

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The Rules

To enter an item for the Challenge you need to make a post in this thread containing the following

  • Your photo or video - entries should consist of single uncropped still images unless otherwise specified.
  • Subject and bonus items being claimed must be clearly visible.
  • The number and name of the objective it relates to.
  • Which, if any, bonus points relating to that objective you are claiming.
  • The location from where the picture was taken and the aircraft used.
  • Any other information that has been requested or a link to it.

Failure to include the required information may result in your image being rejected.

How to submit an entry

Example entry:

Item 33. Monument

  • With a statue
  • Fountain(s) adjacent
  • Listed building

I claim 3 bonus points for:

Nelson’s Column
Nelson’s Column - Wikipedia

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Trafalgar Square, Central London. 30/08/2024 DJI Matrice 210RTK, Zenmuse Z30

I claim 4 points total, please

Entries

  • You may only post a maximum of TWO entries per day during the Challenge which will run from 00:01 Sunday the 21st of July until 23:00 on Saturday, September 7th.
  • All entries must be taken within this time frame, any photos or videos taken outside of this time will not be accepted.
  • Item 18 consists of seven separate weekly tasks which must be commenced and completed within the specified dates.
  • Once your entry has been confirmed as eligible and/or added to the Leaderboard it may not be replaced or substituted by another entry at a later date.
  • Entries must have been taken from a drone in flight (unless stated otherwise) and within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (except for our overseas members, all media must have been captured exclusively in their home country).
  • It must be obvious with any image that it has been taken by a drone in flight unless supporting ground-level proof is also requested
  • In the case of any dispute or query, the committee may request the original, unedited and uncropped image that has formed part of a submission. This may be sent to them by means of a message to @Challenges_Committee.

Format

  • The objective illustrated must be framed as the dominant subject of your image; the judges may disqualify images they consider do not match this requirement.
  • Only one image is allowed per post unless stated otherwise, the image may only illustrate one objective. Two or more subjects captured from the same location by the same entrant will be disallowed.
  • Unless otherwise specified the image must be a still image as it came from the camera, a single frame from a video or a screenshot from a phone/tablet/controller screen.
  • The image may show OSD information
  • No cropping, colour manipulation, copy/pasting of other images or erasing of any objects in the original images is permissible.
  • Our Leaderboard will have regular updates and these will be tagged @group-challenges so if you join the group @group-challenges you will receive notifications for the Leaderboard updates and any other important updates.

Help

  • If you are unsure about the definition or specific requirements of any item in the treasure hunt list or require clarification of a rule please ask first, before going to the effort of capturing your intended subject.
  • If you are uncomfortable asking in public, private message @Challenges_Committee for clarity and confirmation. Any non-members are unable to initiate PM so, in this case just post a message in the Birthday Challenge thread, tagging @Challenges_Committee , stating you have a question and we will initiate contact via PM for you to ask your question. Please be patient in waiting for a response, it might take a little while as the ChallCom members are all volunteers with normal lives to lead.

The stern stuff

  • It will save a lot of energy, time, irritation and possible unpleasantness if competitors expend their creativity searching for images to comply with the instructions rather than attempting to find loopholes to exploit.
  • Please note that the use of models or scale representations of real-life objects is NOT permitted unless the instructions specifically allow it… (This year they don’t!)
  • If, when definitions or links to definitions are given which are international in scope, only those parts pertaining to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands will be applicable
  • The Challenges Committee reserve the right to modify the rules at any time, including retrospectively to existing entries, should the committee decide there was an unforeseen loophole that has been exploited.
  • Any concerns or issues regarding other competitors’ entries should be expressed in a private message to @Challenges_Committee for investigation. Again, non-members are unable to initiate PM so, in this case just post a message in the Birthday Challenge thread, tagging @Challenges_Committee , stating you have a question and we will initiate contact via PM for you to ask your question.
  • Attacks on fellow contestants in the challenge thread, whether justified or not, will not be tolerated and may lead to the loss of points or disqualification for the complainant.

The Challenges Committee’s decisions are final

Please remember

All flights are the sole responsibility of the individual conducting them. Each competitor must abide by the drone code and adhere to the limitations and restrictions imposed upon them by aviation law, the aircraft being used and the qualifications they hold. Landowners’ wishes and permissions must be respected and adhered to. Flying in restricted zones is allowed only after permission has been obtained from the relevant authority

If you have read all the way to here then well done, good luck and, above all, HAVE FUN!

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LEADERBOARD

Dateline: Saturday, 07 September 2024

@john768 84 1
@AdrianR 83 2
@DroneGeek 81 3
@Acedrone 70 4
@JoeC 58 5
@ANDMUL 50 6
@Kirky 40 7
@MartG1960 39 8
@Drumsagard 35 9
@hharron 32 10
@Foley 27 11=
@FoleyMrs 27 11=
@TheFatController 26 13
@Mattbel 25 14=
@richrab 25 14=
@Kenbo 24 16
@JockyB 22 17
@mynameisjoe 11 18
@Fin24 8 19
@Darwinsdad 2 20
@MA2Flyer 1 21

The Final Scores!

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Just a quick one about No 6 a NT or Scottish/ NI equivalent, could English Heritage properties be included in this as well ( or is it strictly limited to NT properties only )

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Should that be 21st?

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Is this to be submitted at the end or on a weekly basis?

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National Trust only John.

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Could you have made it any harder, I could of swore I see somewhere last year that this years will be easier :joy:

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Congratulations!

You are our winner of the spot the deliberate mistake in the subjects list prize!

Sorry, everyone that one has gone but you can all hunt for the deliberate mistake in the rules if you want to get that prize!

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That is up to you. You can devise your own strategy of when to submit any entry, just remember that you are limited to two entries per day.

Entries

  • You may only post a maximum of TWO entries per day during the Challenge which will run from 00:01 Sunday the 21st of July until 23:00 on Saturday, September 7th.
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We will have some of what you’re smoking please, Richard :slight_smile: Where on earth do you think you saw that?

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I must have dreamt it :joy:
Just looked through the list again & I’m actually pleased it’s even more of a challenge than last year ( even tho I didn’t complete that one ), I’ll gladly shake the hand of whom may complete the whole task with maximum points :clap:

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Oh & FairPlay to @Challenges_Committee for putting that together jeeeez your brain must be on overload :rofl:

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Will the M5 services feature again this year?!

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Don’t fret about us Richard, we only have another seven weeks of this then we go back into our pods and suspended animation for a few months.

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We wouldn’t bet against it.

Drone shot, great meal and some cracking food to take back home, what’s not to like?

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I won’t mention that one :wink:

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Have you found the ones in the rules yet or is it going to be like other years with no-one bothering to read them? :slight_smile:

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A Saltire flown alongside a Union flag on a private house? If anybody can find that combination in the wild I reckon it should earn them at least 5 bonus points! :rofl::rofl:

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