February 2018
Intermediate to advanced
212 pages
4h 59m
English
Content preview from Building Smart Drones with ESP8266 and Arduino
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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.