DIY Drones for the Evil Genius: Design, Build, and Customize Your Own Drones

1 Preflight Checklist
Project 1: Drone? Aircraft? Unmanned?
Project 2: Wing-Free Flight
Project 3: Ready for Takeoff
Project 4: Safety First
Project 5: License to Drone
2 Small-Scale Fun
Project 6: Your First Drone
Project 7: Takeoff
Project 8: Basic Movement
Project 9: Smooth Sailing
Project 10: Flips
3 Picking the Parts
Project 11: How Big?
Project 12: Powertrain
Project 13: Power
Project 14: Radio Control
Project 15: Brains
4 Assembly
Project 16: Soldering 101
Project 17: The Build Begins!
Project 18: Now That’s a Drone
Project 19: Flight Computer
Project 20: Looks Matter
5 We Have Liftoff
Project 21: It’s Alive!
Project 22: Calibration Is Key
Project 23: Get in Control
Project 24: First Flight
Project 25: PID Values
6 Payload Fun
Project 26: High Heels
Project 27: Let There be Light!
Project 28: Filming
Project 29: Wobbly Woes
Project 30: Ideas Galore
7 First-Person Flying
Project 31: Equipment Basics
Project 32: Broadcasting Live!
Project 33: FPV Safety
Project 34: Take Control
Project 35: FPV 2.0
8 Onwards and Upwards
Project 36: Intelligence
Project 37: Hexacopter? Octocopter? Bigger? Smaller?
Project 38: Brain Dump
Project 39: Show Off
Project 40: Airborne!
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