Building Your Own Drones: A Beginner’s Guide to Drones, UAVs, and ROVs

Introduction

Drones are in the news all the time—and let’s face it, they’re likely to be an increasing part of our lives. We can throw on a tinfoil hat and look for small helicopter-shaped shadows, or we can learn as much as we can about these interesting devices. I suggest the latter—there is a lot of cool technology out there, and the best way to control it is to understand it.

Who This Book Is For

Aspiring drone-builders of all stripes will appreciate this book, as it covers many different areas of building your own drone projects, including not only electronics, but motors, airframe-building techniques, and tools.

How This Book Is Organized

This book consists of a main project, a quadcopter you’ll build over the various chapters. The alternating ...