The aircraft on the bench is entirely theirs
No snap-together kits. Students draw the frame, make the parts, solder the electronics, tune the controller — and are the ones who find out whether it hovers.
Design → Fabricate → Assemble → Calibrate → Fly
- 01
Design
Frame geometry in CAD: arm length, motor mount spacing, battery placement and where the centre of mass has to land. Designs get peer-reviewed before anything is printed.
- 02
Fabricate
3D printing for mounts and canopies, laser-cut plate for arms. Failed prints are kept on the shelf as evidence — wall thickness and infill stop being abstract numbers.
- 03
Assemble
Motors, ESCs, power distribution, flight controller and receiver. Students solder every joint, manage wire routing, and learn why a loose bullet connector ends a flight early.
- 04
Calibrate
Motor direction, prop orientation, ESC calibration, accelerometer levelling, PID basics and failsafe configuration on the bench before arming.
- 05
Fly
Tethered hover, then a supervised maiden flight in the cage. Every build gets a flight report: hover stability, drift, current draw and flight time.
Skills gained
- CAD basics: sketching, constraints, tolerances and export for print
- Soldering clean joints, heat-shrinking and strain relief
- Reading a wiring diagram and tracing a fault to one component
- Aerodynamics of multirotors: thrust-to-weight, prop pitch, disc loading
- Systematic troubleshooting — isolate, test, replace, retest
- Documentation: build log, bill of materials and flight report
Student-built aircraft
Age bands offered
Curiosity is the prerequisite. We handle the rest.
Sit in on a free trial class, or talk to us about bringing SPACEDU into your school.