In a startling turn of events, The BEHS Technology and Engineering Club Kickstarter (NOT the IndeGoGo) was funded!. In less then 15 Minutes, we went from 286$ to 1036$! YAY! SUCESS!

WOOHOO! (I'm excited)

DIY Drones was our single largest affiliate supporter site! Good for you! If you still want in on this awesomeness, there's less than a day left! Get it while its hot!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1950990943/be-high-school-engineering-and-technology

Thanks for all of the support everyone! It's been a blast!

Tim Vrakas!

Due to a lack of Crowdsourcing experience and an unreachable goal, The BE High School Tech Club Kickstarter was unsuccessful. Of our 1000$ goal, we raised 286$. With 6 days to go, it is not going to happen. But thanks to all who donated! DIYDrones was our single biggest supporter, at 43% by pledge amount.

We realize that in retrospect the major issue our campaign faced was the all-or-nothing funding system used by Kickstarter. Our club is not an all-or nothing type of thing, and so this did not fit our needs. Live and Learn!

To remedy this issue, we have relaunched the campaign on IndeGoGo, which uses a flexible funding system. In addition, out goal has been lowered to 500$.

The Original DIY Drones Post is here: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/behs-technology-and-engineering-club-needs-your-support

And the Update is here: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/be-tech-club-kickstarter-almost-done

The new campaign is here: http://igg.me/at/BEHSTECH/x/3822546

Thanks for the Support and sorry for the confusion,

-Tim Vrakas

PS: Another member suggested to me that we could accept old gear. For Sure! If you would rather donate old parts and things, that would be awesome! send me an email at tim.vrakas@gmail.com!

Hello DIY Droners! My Name is Tim Vrakas, and I'm a student at Brookfield East High School. I'm working with my friends raise money for the BEHS Technology and Engineering Club. Some of you might have seen my previous post announcing the start of our kick starter, and DIY Drones was one of our biggest supporters so far. we have 11 days left, and a long way to go, but with your support I believe we can make it.

As you can see in our kick-starter video above, one of our biggest projects to date is our 3DR Quad. We also are working on a new fixed wing 3D imaging project. These projects have helped to build student understanding of a variety of topics. We have designed 3D printed frame parts, Laid out PCBs, and Programmed Python scripts. The Open Source properties of our drone is very helpful when it come to educating, because even the most complex system is understandable down to the simplest level. We need funding in order to continue with our work and broaden our influence on students who would otherwise not be exposed to STEM ideas.

We need the support of helpful communities like this one to support education of youth about the fields and hobbies that interest us. I hope that with you help we can further the education of our students. The DIY Drones Community needs more youth members in my opinion. (Let's just make sure they know how to fly first!)

Thanks for the Support!

Tim Vrakas 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1950990943/be-high-school-engi...

Hello DIY Droners!

My Name is Tim Vrakas, and I'm a student at Brookfield East High School. I'm working with my friends raise money for the BEHS Technology and Engineering Club. We launched our Kickstarter today and we have 30 days to raise $1000! The only way we can archive our goal is through the support of communities like DIY Drones.

As you can see in our kick-starter video above, one of our biggest projects to date is our 3DR Quad. We also are working on a new fixed wing 3D imaging project. These projects have helped to build student understanding of a variety of topics. We have designed 3D printed frame parts, Laid out PCBs, and Programmed Python scripts. The Open Source properties of our drone is very helpful when it come to educating, because even the most complex system is understandable down to the simplest level.

We need funding in order to continue with our work and broaden our influence on students who would otherwise not be exposed to STEM ideas. We need the support of helpful communities like this one to support education of youth about the fields and hobbies that interest us.

I hope that with you help we can further the education of our students. The DIY Drones Community needs more youth members in my opinion. (Let's just make sure they know how to fly first!)

Thanks for the Support!

Tim Vrakas

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1950990943/be-high-school-engineering-and-technology