![]() ![]() ![]() We are primarily interested in civilian, not military, UAV uses here.ĭIY Drones is a community based on the Ning social networking platform, and anybody who registers (it's free and easy) can post their own blog entries like this one on the front page, along with starting discussions in the sidebar at left or uploading videos below that. Reasons to make your own UAV range from a fun technical challenge, student contests, aerial photography and mapping (what we call "GeoCrawling"), and scientific sensing. We are focused on non-commercial ("recreational") projects by amateurs, although pros are always welcome too. Most of them are under five pounds, and some of them (especially the blimps) can be used indoors. ![]() Our UAVs include airplanes, helicopters, quadcopters and blimps. As we define it, it is capable of both remotely controlled flight (like a regular RC aircraft) and fully-autonomous flight, controlled by sensors, GPS, and onboard computers performing the functions of an autopilot. "Because $10,000 $5,000 $1,000 is too much to pay for an autopilot, especially one that doesn't do exactly what you want."Īn Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, colloquially known as a "drone") is basically an aerial robot.
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