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| DroneMasters Academy's summer camp in Berlin |
In downtown Berlin's Mitte district, the summer heat doesn't keep a motley group of youngsters from listening attentively to two trainers teaching them the basics of drone flying in a playful and entertaining way.
Digestible and yet demanding doses of input, interspersed with multimedia presentations
from the web and question-and-answer rounds, keep the class focused on learning as much as possible about various types of drones and what you need to know to fly them safely.
It's day four of a weeklong summer camp for teenagers organized by the Berlin-based DroneMasters Junior Academy and available for kids between 10 and 15...
The idea behind it
Lead trainer Branko May Trinkwald tells DW that in everything the kids are confronted with during the summer camp, the organizers never lose sight of the big picture.
"We try to use drone racing sport as an instrument to teach the participants about digitization processes in society, and natural sciences feature prominently as well — math, physics and whatever else you need to navigate your drones in airspace," Trinkwald tells DW.
His colleague, hardware engineer Philipp Horstmann, adds that the camp is about showing the kids how to put to use the theoretical knowledge they're confronted with at school.
"Mathematics is not about being able to juggle figures, but in our case you need to be able to calculate a drone's thrust, rotational speed or maximum flying time in midair," Horstmann tells DW. "
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Source: DW (English)
