Instruction Guide: Introduction to UAVs
The Primary Instructional Resource for this Lesson is TPP UAV Training Program Part 1 Lessons 1
Note 1: The Goals for the TPP resource is to lead to a Part 107 pilot license for a student who is at least 16 years old - that is NOT the goal of this first Unit in Aerial Robotics 101: Recreational UAVs. We will use the TPP resources for several Lessons to provide an overview of key concepts for UAV operations. While we want students to understand a Drone Pilot License is within their reach in high school, that is not the immediate focus of this Unit. If fact, quite the opposite - Unit 1 is all about operating outside Part 107 (commercial UAV operations) and within recreational UAV operations of the FAA sUAV regulations to keep costs and barriers-to-entry for new schools/teachers as low as possible.
> You may use the TPP resource for direct instruction to a group, or allow students to work through the lessons individually. The first-time access process requires name, school, grade info - but none of this is verified (so non-identifying info may be used) and there is no email verification.
> Each lessons ends with a quiz that gates advancement to the next lesson - this may be used as a Formative Assessment tool.
> The early videos in the preamble describes how to navigate the course and the goals of the course.
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UPDATE (August 2019): The update to LAANC allowing recreational flyers to get near real time authorization to fly in Controlled Airspace (Section 44809) has begun to me implemented. Details on how to get LAANC authorization for recreational UAVs (e.g. KittyHawk app) in controlled airspace is now available here:
https://www.faa.gov/uas/programs_partnerships/data_exchange/
UPDATE (May 2019): In October 2018, congress passed the FAA Re-authorization Act which repealed the Section 336 exemption under which recreational UAVs had operated. The new rules were not in effect yet as the FAA needed time to implement these. In mid-May 2019, the FAA announced the beginning of this process:
https://www.faa.gov/news/
The Bad News - teachers who do not have their Part 107 UAV Pilot License were effectively grounded in controlled airspace in May 2019. However, as of August 2019, recreational flyers (teachers) can now use the LAANC system to get near real time approval to fly in controlled airspace. Use this map to identify controlled airspace in your area:
TPP UAV Training Program - Part 1, Lesson 1
> The rapid growth of drones is described
> Civil/Commercial (non-military) uses of drone are outlined
> Drone pilot licensing is described
>>> See Differentiated Instructional Material Extended for the FAA Rules for Section 336 vs Part 107
>>> See Differentiated Instructional Material Extended for the FAA Educational use of UAS Memorandum (when teacher Part 107 pilot license is required)
Complete the Lesson 1 Quiz to check understanding.
Extension
This Differentiated Instructional Material: Extended has a more detailed TPP lesson on quadcopter uses.
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Check Differentiated Instructional Material and Additional Assessments for more resources around the topics covered in this TPP lesson.
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