Drone Project Description
The drone project was dedicated to learning the properties of flight. Along with learn brand new concepts such as Trigonometry, we learned how to calculate real world problems with velocity and direction in airplanes, and in this case, drones. This project has brought the attention of how much people use drones now, we have discussed how aviation was used in world war two when there was no GPS to lead them. Along with many guest speakers that was veterans or CEO's of a drone company. We learned about forces that is acted upon an object that is flying by learning about Issac Newton and his laws of gravity. To the very first time the world has witnessed the first flight by a plane and the zesty fight between the Wright Brothers and Glenn Curtiss. The question that has interested me the most and we have researched carefully, What exactly is up with countries around the world and drones? We assembled a nano drone and flew it on a phone app. We tried to teach ourselves how to fly it keeping mind that flight has many properties to it.
What We Have Learned...
We have learned many concepts to get to an understanding of aviation. One of my favorites is Trigonometry. It is one of the concept I was always able to help my peers with. In the picture above ( on the left) is an example of trigonometry problems I have done. I solved for FxMxA. Force, Mass, and Acceleration of a flying object. I solved the angle the object will fly at and how much acceleration the object must fly at. In order to understand aviation, you need to understand the history. This project was connected to Humanities, we learned the history there. In Physics, we annotated articles of drones in different perspectives and discussed them in class, forming Socratic seminars prepared with evidence from the articles we have read. Along with learning laws and forces that may accrue when an aircraft is flying. Newtons Laws, Trigonometry, and then we used word problems that do happen in the real world. In order to fly a drone, you need to know the properties of flight.
Drone Project Reflection
This project overall was a huge eye opener for me, it taught me how much the world is changing. How a drone can be used for good and bad. I am most proud of my responsibility in my group, I always took charge when my teammate couldn't meet his deadlines. Though I always had to stay up late, I carry that pride of the work I did. Would I change this project in any way? Yes, it seems as flying this type of drone was extremely difficult since it had no directions or tips on how you fly it. We had to figure it out ourselves so it was very time consuming and we weren't able to do our obstacle course we planned to do. Since we tested the drones often, we tended to break them often which was hard to handle. So maybe?... different drones to deal with? That is my regret and suggestion.