8/22/17

Today was another short class period, lasting only 50 minutes. So far I've noticed that the 50 minute periods, while allowing space in the schedule to fit five classes in a day, really takes a toll, both on the student and teacher. It seems like the extra 20 minutes that we had last year really fit to the curriculum that most classes go by, even this school year. That said, we did get some more work done on the build-a-drone. We got the screwdriver kit that we needed from Dr. Bill at the beginning of class and got to work on getting the drone looking more complete. Firstly, we were able to separate the top plate from the bottom plate. Having this done, we were then able to get the four legs out and click them into place. These "legs" are the carbon fiber rods that go out horizontally, not to be confused with the two legs that come down as landing gear. Daniel and Ilan are very invested in this project, while Chris focuses mainly on video editing. I found myself sort of tagging along with Daniel and Ilan the past couple classes, just because of the weather we've been having. Hopefully for the next class, we can either progress further in finishing the drone building or, should conditions provide, actually fly for the first time this school year.