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Build a Drone: A Step-by-Step Guide to Designing, Constructing, and Flying Your Very Own Drone

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At a glance

Condition
New
Dimensions
7 x 0.7 x 10 in
Weight
1.75 lb
Publisher
Skyhorse
Publication date
November 22, 2016
Language
English
Print length
216 pages

Description

Whether you plan on using drones for recreation or a more serious purpose (from search and rescue through farming to scanning construction work on a high-rise apartment buildings), Build a Drone will make sure that you not only understand how to construct a drone, but the proper and safe ways to maintain and handle them. Within the last couple of years, the usage of drones in both the public and private (military) sector has exploded. People are talking about drones, building drones, and something most people didn’t know of a few years ago is now a household name. Build a Drone will not only teach you how to build your very own drone, but will explain their history in the military and the impact they will have—and are starting to have—on our everyday lives. Chapters include: Ready Made or BuildSkills and Understanding the Drone BuildDrone AssemblySetup and CalibrationSafety and Flying Your DroneDesigning Your Own DroneAnd more! Author Barry Davies has built drones for DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and AAI (one of America’s largest drone manufacturers), as well as six experimental ones for MIT. He not only understands their use in the world, but knows the ins-and-outs of how they can be created and handled. Read more

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Publisher Skyhorse
Publication date November 22, 2016
Language English
Print length 216 pages
ISBN-10 4
ISBN-13 54
Item Weight 1.75 pounds
Reading age 12 years and up

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Top Amazon Reviews


A very interesting book
Format: Paperback
A very interesting book for everyone interested in drone technologies. Diagrams, descriptions.
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2026 by Andris Liv

Good
Format: Paperback
Good
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2026 by Robert Walter

Helping Me fing out I have to get to put one in the Air
Format: Paperback
Now this book has something to say, and telling all the good & bad about Drones parts and doing the work so I like this one.
Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2018 by Outlaw Customs & Hotrods

Great for serious beginners who what to learn
Format: Paperback
Great book lots of information and plenty of pictures which make it fun to read the look at the pic and see what they mean. Perfect for a newbie like me..
Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2019 by Mike

FPV
Format: Paperback
It works pretty well until you crash
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2026 by Pj

Topic is Great
Format: Paperback
Book is probably great, but I didn't read it Amazon failed me on this one, sending what felt like a slight beatup book as new. So I returned it.
Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2024 by N.Martin

Great book to have.
Format: Paperback
Great book to have if you are into drones and want to build one.
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2024 by Antonio Hernandez

One great drone book!
Format: Paperback
A very great book on drones.. it gives you a great information base to further your passion of drone flying. I highly recommend this book.
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2019 by Frank Gardner
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