Drone Aerodynamics

What are the four forces acting on an aircraft?

• Propellers, Gravity, Lift, Drag

• Thrust, Drag, Lift, Weight

• Elevator, Ailerons, Rudder, Propellor

• Thrust, Drag, Gravity, Lift

To cause a drone to climb, we need to:

• Lighten it

• Increase the RPM/Speed of the motors

• Go forward

• Press up

What are the directions we work with for aircraft?

• Pitch, Yaw, Roll

• Left, Right, Up, Down

• Roll, Up, Down

• Roll Left, Roll Right, Up, Down

Yaw means

• Going up or down

• Going forward or backward

• Turning to the left or right

• Rolling to the left or right

If a sUAS' controls return to neutral, the aircraft should:

• Return to stable flight

• Continue to roll

• Go up

• Go down

A fixed wing aircraft goes into a roll to the left, what happens to the left wing panel

• Lift increases

• Lift decreases

• It dives

• It goes up

When we want a quad copter to go forward, we

• Pitch it backwards

• Pitch it foward

• Make it go up

• Make it go down

To make our quad copter yaw to the right, we need to:

• Decrease M1 and M3 and/or increase M2 and M4

• Increase M1 and M3 and/or decrease M2 and M4

How are drone motors configured?

• 1 and 3 are CCW and 2 and 4 are CW

• 1 and 3 are CW and 2 and 4 are CCW

• 1, 2, 3, 4 all rotate CW

• 1, 2, 3, 4 all rotate CCW

• 1 and 4 are CW and 2 and 4 are CCW

Assuming the drone is face us: How do we get the quad to roll to the right?

• Increase F3 and F4 and Decrease F1 and F2

• Increase F1 and F2 and Decrease F3 and F4

• Increase F2 and F3 and decrease F1 and F4

• Increase F1 and F4 and decrease F2 and F3