The MS Aerospace CCA launched Day 1 of the 9-day sessions on March 1, 2021. The teacher advisors for this CCA are Ms. Jane Zhang (H.S. teacher), Mr. Adam Herron (M.S. teacher), and Dr. Peter Tong (H.S. teacher). Shreyas and Marcus (Drone Leaders) presented today’s inaugural information session on the introduction to drone flying and drones were distributed to the drone club members. They helped the students to prepared their drones and students were excited and busy unpacking their drones.

The students returned to class eager to begin flying their drones. Shreyas and Marcus went over the basic controls of the drones and explained an obstacle course, as well as the types of obstacles they would encounter. The students then free-flew the obstacle course, as well as practiced familiarizing themselves with the controls.

Today's meeting saw the students first getting a short lesson on the basics of aerial cinematography, then going outside to practice their skills around the hamster cage area. Students attempted to use only the live view from the drone to pilot the aircraft up a slide, and practiced flying in moderate wind conditions.

In today's meeting, students learned the basics of formation flight, and how to conduct them. They practiced in tight knit formations, such as the trailing edge. Overall, the formation went well, with over 5 drones together, in a tightly packed line. The pilots were able to make coordinated movements, including pitch forward, and yawing together. Students also learnt about evasive action, such as punching out.

Today's meeting was focused on further developing the student's understanding of formation flight. Today's lesson was on the basics of prop wash, and why it happens, and how to avoid it. The students then went to the indoor flying area to once again spool up in formation. The students were successful in making more formations and avoiding propwash. Students also had an experience into FPV flight by flying to the second floor only using their drone cameras.

In the 6th meeting, students were introduced to the concepts of Programming. They first copied a program written by Shreyas & Marcus, then eventually began to write there own programs. The students then proceeded outside, where they execute their code.

In the 7th meeting, students were introduced to computer vision. They understood the concepts of HSV ( High Saturation Value) and how it can be used to detect colors. After so, students wrote and conducted there own flight code with image recognition landing features. They were successfully able to create autonomous takeoff / landing features when a sheet of red paper was read by the drone's lower camera. They also improved upon a program to have two drones fly in formation and sync autonomously, executing a version of an aerial show.

During the 8th MS-Aerospace Club meeting, the main agenda for today was to prepare students for there final demonstration. Students worked in smaller groups where they worked on Swarms, High Speed Flight, or obstacle course programming & image recognition. The students are ready for their final demonstration.