You’re invited to join us for a 6 week drone building workshop, meeting every Monday 5-6PM at Forge Makerspace.
Students will learn how RC drones work and be instructed in how to build their very own drone! We will also learn to fly our drones, first in the simulator then in real life.
Each participant will be building a small 2-3.5 inch, sub 250g drone that they get to take home at the end of the class.
Sign up and more details below!
General Details
Class Dates:
Monday April 29th 5-6PM
Monday May 6th 5-6PM
Monday May 13th 5-6PM
Monday May 20th 5-6PM
Monday May 27th 5-6PM
Monday June 3rd 5-6PM
Week 1 Content:
The physics and mechanics of how drones work. General drone part terminology.
Brushless motors, ESC’s, flight controller, transmitter, recevier.
Start initial frame build.
Week 2 Content:
Finish frame build.
Start electronics build: soldering lesson.
Motors, ESC, and flight controller wiring and soldering.
Week 3 Content:
Battery safety, terminology and basics of battery configurations.
Battery charger setup. How to use your charger and batteries safely.
Final electronics/soldering/finishing details.
Week 4 Content:
Drone tuning: setup in betaflight
Connecting drone to controller.
Finishing touches on drone.
Week 5 Content:
Learning to fly in a simulator
First indoor drone testing.
Week 6 Content:
First outdoor flight and flight training.
We will walk to the park and take turns flying our drones, with the instructor able to take over at anytime.
Ages: 9-18
Price:
Class: $50/week
Drone Materials: $340
Parents can choose to buy their own drone parts (must buy exact parts on build list) or have us provide them to you at cost.
Missed Weeks:
If a student has to miss a week, we recommend they come into the workshop for open hours 4-5PM the following week before the next class to catch up on any material missed. A workshop mentor will be able to help them with what they missed.
Class must be booked in its entirety.
Cancelations with refund are available up to 5 days before the start of class with a 3% credit card fee.