Title: Lesson 4: Fit to fly
Course: Image acquisition using drones > Section: Course Content

This lesson describes the physical fitness of pilots and captains required to operate a drone and the medical tests that a pilot is subjected to.

Objectives:

The main objective is to create awareness and better understanding of the human senses functions (and misfunctions) leading to actions in the safety operation of drones.

Entrance requirements:

Followed the previous lesson of this course and conducted the exercises.

Notions to be grasped:

At the end of this lesson the participant should…

- get improved techniques for image object image fixation;
- get improve techniques to quickly locate objects in space;
- improve the aspects of situational awareness;
- get in better control under stress;
- develop a teamwork aptitude;
- build up the medical check list

Learning activities:

- Study the PPT presentation “EENSAT_Drone_Operation_04_Fit_to_Fly.pptx”.
- Follow the videos in the link.
- Prepare exercises as described under “Tasks”

Tasks:

Unzip the file “EENSAT_Drone_Operation_04_Fit_to_Fly.zip”.

1. Go through the PPT and study the lesson.
2. Ask questions you did not understand but only after searching for explanatory material.
3. As practical, make an online test of your vision and your hearing . Inform over the test you made and softly inform over the results indicating if are 100% fit after the test or you need to take some remedial actions. Do not inform on private issues. It is not allowed.

Planned time frame for this lesson:

3 hours