Drone Technology

Definitions of Drone, UAV, RPA, Quadcopters -Basic Components and Categories – Principles of Flight - Flight Maneuvers – Airframes - Creating a Frame: Materials, Different Frame Shapes – Building Airframes - Flight dynamics - Applications - Future potential - Comparison with other aerial vehicles.

Power Train – Propellers, Motors- Total Lift - Electronic Speed Controllers– Flight Battery –Radio transmitter and receiver – Flight Controller – GPS, Compass, Camera Assembling for Quadcopter – Connectors, Mounting of Propellers and Powering up.

Key Flight Safety Rules - Preflight Checklist and Flight Log Information – Flight Instructions - Repair and Maintenance: Crash analysis, Common issues, Voltage testing. Test and troubleshoot the Flight Controller Board (FCB), Electronic Speed Controller (ESC), and its associated peripherals.

Beneficial Drones, Aerial Photography, Mapping and Surveying, Precision Agriculture, Search and Rescue, Infrastructure Inspection, and Conservation. Case Studies: Agriculture Weed Classification, Microdrone Surveillances.

• Familiarization with Drone Parts.
• Assembling the Drone.
• Preparation for Drone for Flight, making a flight plan, and basic drone flight training.
• Debugging and repairing the drone.
• Operation of a Drone for Different Applications.