Event Report

The IEEE Industry Applications Society Student Branch Chapter College of Engineering Karunagappally organized a fixed wing drone workshop on the 4th of July 2022 . The workshop was handled by Mohammed Niyaz - Chair, IEEE IAS SBC College of Engineering Karunagappally . This workshop was the pre-event of the upcoming fixed wing drone competition titled AEROTHON which is planned in the month of September . A total of 35 students took part in the phase 1 of the workshop from different engineering disciplines . The workshop covered the basics of flight theory , explanation of different aircraft parts , flight control surfaces , types of drones , basics of fixed wing drones , applications of fixed wing drones etc . The students were divided into 2 teams and were made to design and cut out the parts required to build a simple fixed wing drone out of a 4mm foam board material . The students were very active and showed great interest in designing and assembling the various parts of the drone . The participants were also made aware of the advancing technologies that are incorporated into drones in the glooming industry . At the end of the workshop , the participants completed the initial drone body assembly including the main fuselage and wing . The second phase of the workshop will include the installation of the different components that are required to make the first flight of the prototype built . The participants shared positive feedback on the session and were very excited for phase 2 workshop . They were very pleased with their performance and have inched towards their first fixed wing drone test flight .