Make: DIY Drone and Quadcopter Projects - Print

It's time to get flying! The best tutorials, projects, and commentary on drones from the pages of Make: magazine are collected here to help you learn, build, and prepare for lift-off. Beginning with basics, you'll learn what a drone is, what the rules around Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are, and how to use them. Once you have a solid background and understanding of this exciting hobby, you'll tackle state-of-the-art projects using fully illustrated, step-by-step instructions that show you how to build different drones from scratch. Drones have quite literally changed how we view our world. Learn to master them and then—let your imagination take flight! Projects Included A Noodle Copter that uses an ordinary swimming pool toy for flight A Handycopter UAV that you can program to fly and take pictures A Waterproof Quadcopter built to capture surfing shots but great for any aquatic project you have in mind Drones that can really help others by supplies during wartime and other trag