Section 6 – Flying a Quadcopter Preparing to Fly It’s an exciting day! Your new quadcopter is unpacked and sitting on the table in front of you. The first order of business is going to be to charge up the batteries. Most of the low cost drones come with a USB cable that connects to […]
Pg 5 – Buying a Quadcopter
Buying a Quadcopter Start Small and Learn Whatever your goal, most newbies should start at the same place – with the purchase of micro or mini sized quadcopter (and possibly a good simulator) and hours of initial practice. The toy drones you will learn to fly on are largely disposable – they work great and […]
Pg 4 – A Short History of Unmanned Flight
A Short History of Unmanned & Hobbyist Flight The first demo of a Radio Controlled vehicle was in 1898, when N. Tesla showed a working R/C boat at an electrical expo at Madison Square Garden. He claimed the boat had a “borrowed mind” and obtained U.S. patent number 613,809 for various R/C schemes. Tesla’s R/C […]
Pg 3 – Basics of Operation
Basics of Operation It’s Electric! Why are the new vehicles so different from toy helicopters and planes? In a nutshell, it comes down to vast improvements in batteries, motors and in flight control hardware and software. The new breed of LiPo batteries (lithium polymer) have a higher power to weight ratio, meaning they can power […]
Pg 2 – Introduction
Introduction The last couple of years have brought an explosion in news reports regarding drones and other unmanned aerial vehicles. Although some of these reports focus on the military models (Predator, Skyhawk, etc.), the bigger news is the progress in smaller drones which can do a number of tasks – from photography and video to […]
Pg 1 – Author Page
Getting Started with Hobby Quadcopters and Drones By Craig S. Issod © 2013-2016 (Updated October, 2016) The Author Trying to Take Off in Various Ways About the Author By any method necessary, Craig has been attempting to leave the confines of Mother Earth since childhood. In his adult life, he first tried CB Radio with […]
Getting Started with Quadcopters and Hobby Drones – Table of Contents
Our Best Selling eBook for Drone Beginners is now free – and available online by using the chapter links below. For the best deals in drones, check out http://www.dronesavings.com eBook – Getting Started with Hobby Quadcopters and Drones – Table of Contents 1 – http://wp.me/p25InU-1Dtu – Author Page 2 – http://wp.me/p25InU-1Dtw – Introduction 3 – […]
DJI Mavic Pro – A Miracle Machine, but is it for you?
The DJI Mavic Pro is a miniaturized folding ($1,000 US) camera drone with specifications that beat most other models under $2K. The Mavic Pro started shipping to consumer in the middle of October and has quickly become the best selling consumer camera drone ever. In this post we will take a first look at this miracle […]
GoPro Karma Drone – Instant Karma, Bad Karma or Good Karma?
GoPro – Instant Karma, Bad Karma or Good Karma GoPro announced their new Karma Drone in September with the official date of release being Oct 23, 2016. As usual in the tech world, this launch was followed by crosstalk of every kind – some extolling the virtues of Karma and some negating them. The fuller […]
How DJI Dominates the world of Drones (Aerial Robotics)
Why and How DJI Dominates the world of Drones (Aerial Robotics) Introduction The Basics of DJI – Founding and History 2006-2011 – Laying the Foundations 2013 – The Rise of DJI 2014 – Mass Market Camera Drones become Affordable 2015 – Competition and Clones 2016 – The Dust Settles and DJI Competes against themselves Moving […]
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