Over break, Shreyas and Marcus began work on the drone swarm and development to prepare for the CCA, which starts in March. They first tried programming with the computer SDK, which did not work that well, as the programs were plagued with IMU errors. Some functionality was achieved, however. Shreyas and Marcus will speak with DJI about these issues, and look forward to a good flight soon. They then moved on to using the mobile app to program. Marcus then proceeded to re-calibrate the IMU, on the EDU. After multiple attempts, the drone's still seemed to have IMU Errors.

During research, the boys found that the drones, in fact, do not have active cooling. This led to the drones shutting off after about 3 minutes without taking off, which was problematic as connecting in computer SDK mode takes more than 5 minutes, and connecting with the phone app also takes a good amount of time. This was a major problem. If they were really going to pull off a drone show, they would have to have drones ready, and standing-by for takeoff. They devised a solution where there was a music stand that held the drones, and a fan underneath, blowing air directly into the vents of the drone, helping it keep cool.