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Drone Classes

Atlantic City High School will be offering two (2) Drone Courses in the Spring Semester. The courses would begin the week of the 25th and end May 14th. The courses will be held after school, so if you are participating in a winter or spring sport, these courses are not recommended.

AVIT-140 sUAS Operation-Multi-Rotor (3 Credits)
This course is designed to prepare students to operate a small-unmanned aircraft system (sUAS). Topics include but are not limited to the Code of Federal Regulations 14 part 107, airspace classifications, aeronautical chart reading, emergency procedures, conditions affecting flight, and aeronautical decision-making. This course requires a flight laboratory where students will operate a sUAS. The coursework also prepares students for the Federal Aviation Administration's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Knowledge Test. Upon successful completion of the test, students may be eligible to seek their FAA Remote Pilot Certificate with a Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Rating. If you are interested in AVIT 140, please fill out the Google Form below: https://forms.gle/a5HuYgi6LX8q1Bis5

AVIT-185 Remote Sensing Using UAS (4 Credits)
Introduces students to the use of unmanned aircraft systems for remote sensing and acquiring information about the Earth's surface without coming in contact with it. Topics include but are not limited to an introduction to remote sensing, classification of unmanned aircraft systems, attitude estimation, lateral channel fractional order flight controller design, remote sensing using a single UAS, using multiple UAS's, and diffusion control using mobile sensors and actuator networks. If you are interested in AVIT 185, please fill out the Google Form below: https://forms.gle/C3wStDzeyodSA4F79