Workshop Highlights
Drones in Agriculture
Friday
3:45 p.m.
Registration and Refreshments
4:00 p.m.
Introduction
- Indoor Flying Robots Video
- Basic Quadcopter Tutorial
- Distribute Materials
- FAA Regulations
4:15 p.m.
Safety
- Quadcopter Racing
- Oops! Quadcopter Safety Demonstration
- ASD Proposed Safety Regulations
4:30 p.m.
Drone Basics
- Uses
- Applications
- Classifications
- Terms / Parts / Functions Overview
- Worksheet
- Maintenance
- Batteries
- Controllers
- Parts
5:30 p.m.
Flying the Mini Copter (dinner provided @ 6:00 p.m.)
- Operation
- Hovering
- Banking
- Turning
- Pitch / Yaw / Roll
- Practice
- Challenge
7:00 p.m.
Remote Sensing Demonstration
8:00 p.m.
End of Day 1
- Homework
- Review Terms
- Watch at least 10 YouTube videos about quadcopters
- Come with 5 questions tomorrow
Saturday
8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
Questions / Share Video Highlights
8:30 a.m.
Mini Copter Practice
- How to Fly a Multi-rotor
- TRIM
9:00 a.m.
Build
- Frame
- Speed Controllers
- Motors
- Control Board
- IMU (solder into breakout cable)
- GPS
- LED
11:00 a.m.
Lunch
11:30 a.m.
Mini Copter Practice
12:00 p.m.
Finish Build
- Radio / Receiver Setup
- GPS Calibration
- Naza M-Lite Software Download and Tutorial
- Naza M-Lite User Manual
1:30 p.m.
Practice Flying Copters
- Pass Off Three Tests
- Safety
- Driver Control 1
- Driver Control 2
2:00 p.m.
Classroom Application / Competitions / Discussion
- Design Process / Challenges
- Competitions
- Team Forming / Setup / Problems
- Sensors / Add-ons / Cameras
- Drone Racing FPV
- Quadcopter Fishing
- Game of Drones
- Quadcopter Rescue
- Quadcopter Search and Rescue
3:40 p.m.
Second Flight
4:00 p.m.