Im A Student Who Needs A Lot Of Help... Help

[Sonicboom02]

Hi everybody ,

I'm a student at the Academy of Art University and I''m doing the research portion of a an assignment for my Product Design 1 class that includes polling my target market (r/c helicopter hobbyists) about their attitudes and experience with cordless screwdrivers.

Attached is a questionnaire that I made for my potential market its a .txt file so it should open up on your notepad easily, I'm trying to determine if there is enough interest in a line of cordless screwdrivers designed specifically for r/c heli enthusiasts. It would help me out a whole lot if you guys participated, I havent been able to get anyfeedback from walking around town and asking people that way so i decided to post here . I was hoping you guys wouldnt mind filling it out for me please . Keep in mind that this is a college level assignment and not to be used in anyother way.

I won't hand over the answers I get to any real commercial interests. I will only use data collected for my school project, and in the design of my product for that project. This is/was due on the 27th of march (2006), however, considering that i havent had any luck getting people to fill this out im sure he wont mind me being a little late with the assignment.

Once again, this assignment is based on opinions of my potential "market" there is no way i could ever do this by my-self. Please be sports and help me out would you?

[tdswan]

1. What is your age? ___32______ 2. What is your sex? M
3. What is your Occupation? ____Utility worker_

4. Do you own a batt. Powered screwdriver? If so, how many? Y If drills count, 2

5. How long have you owned it/them? ___6-8 yrs_

6. When and why do you use a cordless screwdriver? Home improvement projects, putting up shelves, etc.


7. In your opinion, what is the best feature of your driver? Why? Power & speed



8. In your opinion, what is the worst feature of your driver? Why? No "feel" for if and when you're over-torquing a screw.


9. What improvements would you make to your driver? More compact size.


10. For each of the following cordless screwdriver features, please indicate on a scale of
1 to 5 how important the feature is (1 being less important):

A) Storage of product __2__
B) Size of product/ portability ___6_
C) Variety of bits __7__
D) Bit storage __4__
E) Power __8__
F) Style/ Look __3__
G) Price __7__
H) Weight __4__

11. What issues do you consider when purchasing a cordless screwdriver? Brand/quality

12. Does Company/Brand affect your purchase? Y

13. Do you own an R/C Helicopter? Y

14. If you have any other issues or opinions regarding cordless screwdrivers please let me
know: It would be tough to make a cordless screwdriver for building helis in my opinion. Lots of plastic parts you could strip. Only my opinion. Good luck with your project, though.

[Sonicboom02]

thanks a lot for your response and your time, all opinions are good opinions.
as for the plastic parts issue: what if it was a light powered driver (or had a setting for light/med. and heavy duty) specially for plastic parts and it had a sensor to prevent striping these parts?, the sensor would also help for the "feel" aspect maybe?

[tdswan]

I guess it's possible, I do know that the ends of my fingers get raw from those tiny hobby screwdrivers after a T-Rex build.