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Assembling Your Drone

In Chapter 1, Things to Know Before You Build a Drone, we were introduced to all the basic components of a drone. In this chapter, we will assemble our drone and make it ready for the next phase.

We will cover the following topics in this chapter:

Assembling the frame
Connecting the motor
Connecting the ESC
Connecting the ArduPilot
Configuring the drone with the ArduPilot
Aerodynamics needed for flying a drone
Knowing security protocols for flying a drone
Preventing the drone from crashing

To begin the process of building the quadcopter, we first need to assemble the frame. So, let's begin with our assembling.

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