Building Your Own Drones: : A Beginner’s Guide to Drones, UAVs, and ROVs / Baichtal, John.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baichtal, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drone aircraft--Design and construction.

Drone aircraft.

Remote submersibles--Design and construction.

Remote submersibles.

Vehicles, Remotely piloted--Design and construction.

Vehicles, Remotely piloted.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Beginner's guide to drones, UAVs, and ROVs

Place of Publication:

Que, 2015.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Absolutely no experience needed! Build your drone, step-by-step, with this full-color, hands-on guide! You’ve heard about drones. You’ve seen drones. Now, build your own—it’s a lot easier than you think! Drones are the newest frontier for the DIY/maker community, and you don’t need to be a technical expert to build one. John Baichtal, the #1 author of hardware hacking books for beginners, will teach you all the skills you need. First, Baichtal shows you the amazing drones others have built. Then, he walks you through several complete projects: quadcopters, UAVs, ROVs, and more. Not ready to start from scratch? No problem: Baichtal helps you choose from today’s best new kits. Hundreds of full-color step-by-step photos teach you every step, every skill. When you’re ready for more advanced concepts, Baichtal explains them in plain English. Discover what drones are and why they’re so exciting Explore today’s most imaginative projects, from 3D-printed mini quadcopters to floating robot armies Compare kits, from $200 up: Parallax ELEV-8, DJI Phantom 2 Vision+, OpenROV, Actobotics Nomad, Brooklyn Aerodrome Flack, and more Create your own practical Drone Builder’s Workbench Build complete rocket, blimp, waterborne, and automotive drones Construct both fully autonomous and radio-controlled drones Choose and assemble your chassis (airframe), motor, props, flight control, power system, accessories, and software Integrate Arduino to make radio-controlled drones operate autonomously Teach a drone to navigate via RFID tags Learn all the basic electronics and programming you’ll need

Notes:

Online resource; Title from title page (viewed September 4, 2015)

Includes index.

OCLC:

922588987