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Drone Development from Concept to Flight
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Drone Development from Concept to Flight

by Sumit Sharma
April 2024
Beginner
316 pages
7h 52m
English
Packt Publishing
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Developing a Custom Survey Drone

We are coming to the end of this book. We have gone through various concepts relating to drones. In previous chapters, we studied different components and how they are assembled. In this chapter, we will learn how to develop a custom drone for aerial surveys. We will conceptualize the drone and configure it with the specific payload that would best fit for survey purposes.

Previously, we saw that a drone is a platform that carries a payload for a specific purpose. In this chapter, we’ll analyze the requirements of drones for survey purposes, conceptualize a drone based on those requirements, and then build one. We will also go through the basic requirements of conducting a survey using a drone. Aerial surveys ...

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ISBN: 9781837633005