This semester, I worked on the Drone Project. I started as the only one in B Period working on it, with Chris and Will in D period working on it, but about 2 weeks in Ilan asked if he could help me out in B period, so he hoped on the team also. This was nice because it allowed me to teach someone new how to fly and gave me a chance to go over my skills as well. I think Ilan was a good addition to the team because he has a strong background in robotics and coding, and that brought a lot to the table with my project of building a drone from scratch. I will be working on this project again next year, but to others, this years work is left behind as a legacy because I was able to do a lot of documentation of how to fly, who to contact, and I also acquired a lot of footage. I created a drone handbook that outlines how to fly the Inspire and Mavic, and how to fix issues like error messages or physical broken parts. Next year, I will continue the photography side of the project, hopefully expanding the places we can shoot, but my main goal is to continue to work on building a VTOL drone that can be used in many different applications, but mainly Search and Rescue. I will use many of the components we acquired this year, but I will just put them all together and create a working drone. This is my abstract for next year.
Abstract:
Throughout my project, I plan to use the E-Lab’s current DJI drones along with home built drones to study the efficiency, speed, maneuverability, and ease of use of drones. I will use what I learn to create a Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) drone that will be used for search and rescue, utilizing videography, infrared technology, and Radio Direction Finding (RDF) technology.
You can find the whole Proposal at this link: Proposal
This year, I had a ton of fun. ISR allows me to work on physical projects and gain real world experience with tools and equipment that can help me learn more about fields that I am interested to study in college. It can sometimes be tough, and I think my greatest challenge was figuring out how to get the Turnigy Receiver work with the transmitter on the little drone. ISR is nice though because there are so many different people with different backgrounds, and when Ilan jumped onboard to help, his coding background really helped out and we were able to pair the remote with the receiver. I am really proud of all the footage we got this year, and how the whole drone team worked together to create an easy system of using the drones and getting different kinds of footage on different days. Overall, I had an awesome semester, though a lot of the work on building my drone was conceptualization, and I can't wait until next year to do actual work on the big drone.
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