What you will learn?
Small RPC with Drones in Traffic and Disaster Management
PART A
Theory Sessions – Day 1 & 2
| Sr. No. |
Subject |
Duration |
| 1 |
Stakeholders and their Laws, Drone Rules 2021 |
1:30 Hours |
| 2 |
Basic Principles of Flight |
1:00 Hours |
| 3 |
ATC Procedures and Radio Telephony |
1:15 Hours |
| 4 |
Fixed wing Operations and Aerodynamics |
1:15 Hours |
| 5 |
Rotorcraft Operations and Aerodynamic |
1:30 Hours |
| 6 |
Hybrid Operations and Aerodynamics |
0:30 Hours |
| 7 |
Weather and Meteorology |
1:15 Hours |
| 8 |
Drone Equipment and maintenance |
1:30 Hours |
| 9 |
Risk Assessment and Analysis – Safety Management / TEM |
1:30 Hours |
| 10 |
Payload installation and utilization |
1:15 Hours |
| 11 |
Intro to Drone Data and Analysis |
1:30 Hours |
Simulator Session – Day 3
| Sr. No. |
Subject |
Duration |
| Assesment |
Theory Test - Final |
0:40 Hours |
| Ex. 1, 2, 3 |
Introduction to flight simulator, simulator familiarization, control check, pre-flight checks, Take off, cruise. |
0:30 Hours |
| Ex. 4, 5, 6 |
Approach, go-around and landing, post flight checks, Cruise and Turns, Climbing and Climbing Turns, Descend and Descending Turns |
0:30 Hours |
| Ex. 7, 8 |
Disorientation and Recovery, Circuit Flying – Rectangle/ Square/ Circle / Orbit, Flying – Figure of 8 |
0:30 Hours |
| Ex. 9 |
Gimbal Controls (Pan, tilt and zoom |
0:30 Hours |
| Ex. 10 |
Night flying |
0:30 Hours |
| Ex. 11 |
Abnormal/ Emergency procedures |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex. 12 |
Sim Test |
0:15 Hours |
Flying Session – Day 4 & 5
| Sr. No. |
Subject |
Duration |
| Ex. 1 |
Intro to Digital Sky platform |
0:30 Hours |
| Ex.2 |
RPAS familiarization and Safety briefing |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.3 |
Introductory flight where the student experiences sensitivity of controls and learning the orientation of the RPA. |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.4 |
Takeoff, Climbing, descending and maintaining height. |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.5 |
Basic Controls: Pitch, Roll and Yaw |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.6 |
Flying in a disorientation scenario and to recovery from the same. |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.7 |
Progress Check – Multirotor |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.8 |
Level turns in both directions |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.9 |
Climbing and descending turns |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.10 |
Left and right square circuits patterns |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.11 |
Flying in circles |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.12 |
Flying in figure of 8 |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.13 |
Mission Planning and Instrument Flying |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.14 |
Auto Mission and Flight |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.15 |
Night Flying |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.16 |
Abnormal/ Emergency procedures |
0:15 Hours |
| Ex.17 |
Final Test – Multirotor |
00:20 Hours |
PART B
Day 1 – Introduction to Traffic & Disaster Management
| Sr. No. | Topic | Duration |
|---|
| 1 | Fundamentals of traffic management and public safety | 04:00 Hours |
| 2 | Types of disasters: natural vs man-made | |
| 3 | Role of technology in disaster management | |
| 4 | Drone basics for surveillance and monitoring | |
| 5 | Overview of drone types and payloads | |
| 6 | DGCA regulations & emergency flight permissions | |
Day 2 – Drone Operations in Traffic Monitoring
| Sr. No. | Topic | Duration |
|---|
| 1 | Use cases: real-time traffic analysis, congestion mgmt | 04:00 Hours |
| 2 | Urban & highway monitoring flight plans | |
| 3 | Sensor selection for traffic management | |
| 4 | Live mission planning scenarios | |
| 5 | Manual vs autonomous patrol flights | |
| 6 | Data collection & real-time video transmission | |
Day 3 – Disaster Response & Search and Rescue
| Sr. No. | Subject | Duration |
|---|
| 1 | Drones in floods, earthquakes, fire monitoring | 04:00 Hours |
| 2 | Thermal imagery for survivor detection | |
| 3 | Mapping disaster zones | |
| 4 | Emergency response protocols | |
| 5 | Coordination with authorities | |
| 6 | Field simulation: rescue scenario | |
Day 4 – Data Analysis and Reporting
| Sr. No. | Subject | Duration |
|---|
| 1 | Data capture: video, images, mapping | 04:00 Hours |
| 2 | Image enhancement for surveillance | |
| 3 | Software: Pix4D, QGIS, DroneDeploy | |
| 4 | Situational maps & dashboards | |
| 5 | Incident reporting | |
Day 5 – Field Exercise, Evaluation & Certification
| Sr. No. | Subject | Duration |
|---|
| 1 | Final project: live mission | 04:00 Hours |
| 2 | Field deployment & data capture | |
| 3 | Student presentations | |
| 4 | Written & Practical assessment | |
| 5 | Certification & feedback | |
Additional Scope of Work
- Understanding the role of drones in emergency response
- Planning and executing missions for public safety
- Using thermal & visual sensors
- Generating reports for crisis decision-making