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Drone camp teaches kids to fly

By , Indy Star June 18, 2016

Drone Camp in Fishers teaches kids the different parts of the drone and lets them fly.

Ten-year-old Jade Bacon probably knows more about drones than most people do. She knows what stabilizers and a gimbal do and can point them out. She can tell you to what altitude someone can legally fly a drone (500 feet, if you didn’t know), and where you can’t fly drones (stay away from prisons and airports). Most of her knowledge about drones came from attending a two-day drone camp in Fishers that taught kids about drones, then let them fly. According to its founders, Ball State students Matt King and Daniel Majestic, it’s one of the first of its kind in the country. READ FULL STORY>> 

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 A group of campers from Drone Camp displayed their certificates Tuesday, June 14, 2016. (Photo: Kaitlin Lange/IndyStar)

 

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