Drone Science Fundamentals. 3 credits, 4 contact hours

Catalog description

Restrictions: NCE students with senior standing and with instructor permission. This course will cover the fundamentals of quadrotor drone kinematics and dynamics, quadrotor sensor data analysis, linear and non-linear flight control, and motion planning for a single quadrotor. Students will be guided through the process of building a quadrotor drone, setting up the required flight control parameters and associated Hardware-In-The-Loop simulators, and using Python/C programming for basic single quadrotor motion planning algorithms. Students will also be guided through the preparation for the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) Part 107 Certified Drone Pilot knowledge test.