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Behind this heading: 26 photographs from chapter meetings, builds and competitions.
Every high school TSA event
All 42 competitive events offered in high school TSA, in the 8 categories TSA groups them under. This is the whole catalogue, not a list of what our chapter enters.
Manufacturing and Transportation Technology7
Dragster Design
2026-27Inside / Out
Design, model and manufacture a CO2-powered dragster to strict dimensional rules, then race it. Documentation and finish are judged alongside speed.
Drone Challenge (UAV)
2026-27Humanitarian Aid and Rescue
Build and fly a UAV through a flight mission, with an engineering notebook covering the design and testing behind it.
Flight Endurance
Build a rubber-band-powered model aircraft for maximum flight time, with a logbook covering design decisions and test flights.
Hybrid Racer XL
2026-27Must tow a five-ounce weight, hitch at the rear
Design and build a hybrid-powered vehicle to the annual design requirement, then run it against the course.
Manufacturing Prototype
2026-27Display or container for small collectible items
Take a product from concept to manufactured prototype, documenting the process and the manufacturing decisions.
Robotics
2026-27Problem published separately by TSA
Design, build and program a robot to complete the annual challenge, with an engineering notebook documenting the build.
Transportation Modeling
2026-27Cartoon and comic vehicles
Research, design and build a scale model vehicle to the annual design problem, presented with the documentation behind it.
The official rules
The summaries above are ours, written to help you choose. They are not the rules. Every event has a published guide with the requirements, the deadlines and the scoring rubric, and that guide is the only thing judges score against. Read it before you commit to an event.
Event names, categories and theme titles are TSA’s. DSTEM TSA is a student chapter and is not speaking for national TSA.