Drone Basics
This is the term for a remote-controlled pilotless aircraft
What is a drone?
Pressing this button on the controller makes the drone rise into the air
What is the take-off button?
What you need to check before flying a drone
The process of controlling a drone’s movement and direction using the remote control while maintaining stability.
What is steering?
This field of science focuses on the study of flight and air travel
What is aeronautics?
This handheld device is used to control the drone’s movements
What is a controller?
This is the term for keeping the drone in place while it is in the air
What is hovering?
The term for an area where drone flying is not allowed
What is a no-fly zone?
Movement of joystick ti make drone spin in place
What is pushing the left joystick left or right?
This small, spinning component generates the lift needed for a drone to fly.
What is a propeller?
This safety feature surrounds the propellers to protect them and prevent damage
What is a prop guard?
To steer left or right, you need to move this part of the controller
What is the joystick?
Drones should always be flown in this type of zone to avoid accidents
What is an open and obstacle-free area?
The key skill tested in the Hovering Challenge
What is maintaining balance and control?
A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines, or public works
What is Engineer?
The abbreviation for Remote Control
What is R/C?
The safest way to land a drone smoothly
What is pressing the landing button?
When multiple drones are flying in the same space, this is the most important rule to follow
What is maintaining a safe distance?
Moving the drone in a circular motion is an example of this
What is a drone design?
Engineers design drones using this process, which involves testing and improving their designs
What is the engineering design process?
The term for identifying and fixing problems with the drone’s functionality
What is troubleshooting?
The action of recovering a drone that has landed or crashed in an unintended location
What is retrieving the drone?
What does VLOS stand for?
What is visual line of sight?
A drone’s ability to maintain altitude and position without sudden movements requires control of this axis
What is stability control?
An object or additional mass that a drone carries in addition to its own mass, including batteries
What is payload?