I have volunteered at a local high school to demonstrate how to safely build, fly and maintain multirotors.
I am the sponsor and will be bringing in 2 Syma X1s a new FT kit as well as 3 of my disassembled FT kits to construct and fly. The school will be purchasing a transmitter and I will bring in my own.
We have the interest, the funds and the time. Now what do I plan to say?
Eventually, we will get to flight line rules. AMA makes safety rules for flight easy:
https://www.modelaircraft.org/files/105.PDF
Lipo safety is also simple thanks to AMA and Hobbyco:
http://www.hobbico.com/ama-lipo-warning.html
I think I will start with basic assembly.
1. Where to get technical help online. AMA, FT, RCGroups, Mesa(?).
2. What is a multirotor and what types are there and what do they do.
3. How to choose an airframe, weight vs thrust, and inertia vs your airframe in a crash.
4. What are its components and what do they do and how do they work together.
5. How to safely assemble an airframe and how the shape impacts performance and utility.
6. How to design and build the power harness.
7. How to connect the circuitry.
8. How to bind a FrSky receiver and set up a FrSky transmitter to fly a copter.
9. How to set up a Naze32 acro.
10. How to safely test electronics including failsafes, motor direction, synch ESCs, and test the Naze response to inertia.
11. Pre-flight inspection.
12. Maiden flight.
13. Simple tuning and introduction to control loops.
14. Repairs and maintenance.
Lastly I plan to talk about ethics and responsibility when putting a copter in the air and when putting a camera in the air.
I have reached out to MESArc but I don't think they have any planned curriculum that is available....yet.
I am asking for input from the community. What have I missed? What resources exist that I have not listed?
I am the sponsor and will be bringing in 2 Syma X1s a new FT kit as well as 3 of my disassembled FT kits to construct and fly. The school will be purchasing a transmitter and I will bring in my own.
We have the interest, the funds and the time. Now what do I plan to say?
Eventually, we will get to flight line rules. AMA makes safety rules for flight easy:
https://www.modelaircraft.org/files/105.PDF
Lipo safety is also simple thanks to AMA and Hobbyco:
http://www.hobbico.com/ama-lipo-warning.html
I think I will start with basic assembly.
1. Where to get technical help online. AMA, FT, RCGroups, Mesa(?).
2. What is a multirotor and what types are there and what do they do.
3. How to choose an airframe, weight vs thrust, and inertia vs your airframe in a crash.
4. What are its components and what do they do and how do they work together.
5. How to safely assemble an airframe and how the shape impacts performance and utility.
6. How to design and build the power harness.
7. How to connect the circuitry.
8. How to bind a FrSky receiver and set up a FrSky transmitter to fly a copter.
9. How to set up a Naze32 acro.
10. How to safely test electronics including failsafes, motor direction, synch ESCs, and test the Naze response to inertia.
11. Pre-flight inspection.
12. Maiden flight.
13. Simple tuning and introduction to control loops.
14. Repairs and maintenance.
Lastly I plan to talk about ethics and responsibility when putting a copter in the air and when putting a camera in the air.
I have reached out to MESArc but I don't think they have any planned curriculum that is available....yet.
I am asking for input from the community. What have I missed? What resources exist that I have not listed?