Let's Fly High with Madame Hardy!
DRONE CLUB 2024 - 2025
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K. McLester(Sophomore) and A. Darden(Junior)
Fact: Some of the world’s smallest drones weigh less than one gram.
Fact: Drones can be know by the following names: Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS).
Junior, T. ArmStead Showing Off her new skills!
Fact: A drone is an aircraft that flies without a pilot on board.
Fact: Drones are used for many purposes, including photography, agriculture, disaster response, and security.
The Drone Club combines technical literacy with a hands-on experience!
Videos
Her first flight!
Fact: Drones became available to the general public in the 1990s. Drones were invented because they were needed in small spaces where a normal helicopter could not go or it was too dangerous to send pilots.
Heidi showing off her new skills!
Fact: A drone is a machine that can fly without a pilot controlling it. In contrast, model airplanes fly with the help of pilots but because the model airplanes can’t move out of a pilot’s periphery of vision, they are also considered drones.
Another CSK scholar who is flying high!
Fact: When it comes to constitutional rights, using drone footage is not a violation. The police have the right to use footage from a crime scene if it was done by a drone. The only time they can’t use it is when it is a restricted area.
Videos
R. Parker is amazing!
Fact: Some people believe that the police needs the warrant to fly a drone below a certain height. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that it is not a violation of rights to fly drones at a certain altitude. Remember that this only applies to police and military. There are certain areas which are restricted to an individual.
M. Edwards is flying high!
Fact: Another misconception about drones is that they can only fly for a short period of time. This is not true for some models. While there are lightweight drones that can only stay in the air for a few minutes, most military or high-end drones can hover for an hour or two.
A. Darden rocks!
Fact: At first, it was believed that drones can only be used by the police or by the military for surveillance or attack. On the contrary, nowadays most drones are used for fun, as a hobby, or for photography and recording. Air stunts and action videos are some of the multiple purposes a drone has.
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