Description
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Design, build, and pilot custom dronesâno prior experience necessary!
This fun guide shows, step-by-step, how to construct powerful drones from inexpensive parts, add personalized features, and become a full-fledged pilot. DIY Drones for the Evil Genius: Design, Build, and Customize Your Own Drones not only covers safety, mechanics, drone design, and assembly, but also teaches the basics of Aerospace Engineering. You will discover how to add video transmitters, GPS, first-person view, and virtual reality goggles to your creations. The book walks you through the FAA licens
Table of Contents
1 Preflight Checklist
Project 1: Drone? Aircraft? Unmanned?
Project 2: Wing-Free Flight
Project 3: Ready for Takeoff
Project 4: Safety First
Project 5: License to Drone
2 Small-Scale Fun
Project 6: Your First Drone
Project 7: Takeoff
Project 8: Basic Movement
Project 9: Smooth Sailing
Project 10: Flips
3 Picking the Parts
Project 11: How Big?
Project 12: Powertrain
Project 13: Power
Project 14: Radio Control
Project 15: Brains
4 Assembly
Project 16: Soldering 101
Project 17: The Build Begins!
Project 18: Now That’s a Drone
Project 19: Flight Computer
Project 20: Looks Matter
5 We Have Liftoff
Project 21: It’s Alive!
Project 22: Calibration Is Key
Project 23: Get in Control
Project 24: First Flight
Project 25: PID Values
6 Payload Fun
Project 26: High Heels
Project 27: Let There be Light!
Project 28: Filming
Project 29: Wobbly Woes
Project 30: Ideas Galore
7 First-Person Flying
Project 31: Equipment Basics
Project 32: Broadcasting Live!
Project 33: FPV Safety
Project 34: Take Control
Project 35: FPV 2.0
8 Onwards and Upwards
Project 36: Intelligence
Project 37: Hexacopter? Octocopter? Bigger? Smaller?
Project 38: Brain Dump
Project 39: Show Off
Project 40: Airborne!
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