Engineering Behind the drone
Trigonometry |
Trigonometry is a process in which we solved for the missing angle of a triangle. We were going to use this in the programming of the controllers for the drones. If we were solving for the sine, we divided the opposite by the hypotenuse. If we were solving for the cosine, we divided the adjacent by the hypotenuse. If we were solving for the tangent we divided the opposite by the adjacent.
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Drone Game
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Our mission is a version of Quidditch, the game with flying balls and broomsticks in Harry Potter, but this is a bit different. In this version the two drones will start out in their marked team areas, either Ravenclaw (bule) or Slytherin (green) . Their goal is to pick up the randomly placed golden snitch (a ping pong ball wrapped in velcro) and land in the other team's starting area. It may seem easy, but the drones are crazy and with another person flying against you there is a lot of pressure. Can you master Done Quidditch?
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Anakin's birth
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Above: Trying to find the on button on the drone February 3, 2016
Below: Motor in its mount February 3, 2016 |
Above: Turning the drone on for the first time February 3, 2016
Below: Putting the motors in the mounts February 3, 2016 |
Simple ForcesAssemblyYaw, Pitch, Roll, ThrustEngineering drawingsLeft: Top of Anakin
Right: Bottom of Anakin |
Weight, lift, and drag are all simple forces. They all play a part when solving problems that find how fast the drone can fly. Weight and drag are both negative forces, which means the higher the drag is, or the more it weighs, the slower it will go. Lift is a positive force, which means the faster the lift is, the faster the drone will fly.
Yaw is making the drone go up or down. Pitch is slope. Roll is turning. Thrust is a push in a certain direction.
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Solo Drone and crazyflie 2.0 |
The Solo Drone is used to capture ariel footage and images. We have been using it to capture ariel footage of our done missions.
The Crazyflie 2.0 app is used to fly thy drones. We are using these apps on our phones instead of programming controllers because we were unable to download the programming software onto the Chromebooks. |
The differences between the two is that the Solo Drone is a very large drone that can carry a phone to capture film while flying slowly, and the Crazyflie 2.0 is a small drone that can fit in the palm of your hand that flies at an extremely fast speed.
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