Educational Benefits

• Technology

• Drones: introduces students to future technologies

• Flight Mechanics

• Aerodynamics: aviation and the physics behind air

• Electronics

• Soldering: students could potentially learn how to solder and create circuits
• Motors: students could learn the inner workings of motors and how they function

• Real Life Applications of Drones

• Medical Delivery: delivering medical supplies to distant locations quickly and efficiently
• Emergency Services: firefighting, search and rescue, law enforcement patrols
• Data Collection: scientific research, farming informations, space exploration

• CAD

• Inventor: students could apply knowledge of
• 3D Printing: students could 3D print their own frames or attachment devices

• Materials Engineering

• Structure: the frames must withstand the appropriate amount of forces from liftoff and impact
• Plastics: connected to 3D printing

• Safety

• Government Regulations: any drone over 0.55 lbs must be registered with the FAA

Potential Challenges

• Delivery

• Students could attach device or mechanism

• Medicine
• Packages

• Could potentially be 3D printed

• Gravity powered
• Servo powered

• Parachute design

• Drop a fragile object

• Egg Drop

• Frame Design

• Materials

• Wood
• Plastic
• 3D printed

• Weight limitations
• Strength of materials
• Stability/Symmetry

• Racing

• Students could build drones specifically for racing
• Advanced course perhaps
• Race on the field