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Drone Development from Concept to Flight

You're reading from   Drone Development from Concept to Flight Design, assemble, and discover the applications of unmanned aerial vehicles

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837633005
Length 316 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sumit  Sharma Sumit Sharma
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Fundamentals of Flight Engineering
2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with UAV and Drone Engineering FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Understanding Flight Terminologies and the Physics of Motion 4. Chapter 3: Learning and Applying Basic Command and Control Interfaces 5. Chapter 4: Knowing UAV Systems, Sub-Systems, and Components 6. Part 2: System Conceptualization and Avionics Development
7. Chapter 5: The Application of Sensors and IMUs in Drones 8. Chapter 6: Introduction to Drone Firmware and Flight Stacks 9. Chapter 7: Introduction to Ground Control Station Software 10. Chapter 8: Understanding Flight Modes and Mission Planning 11. Part 3: Configuration, Calibrations, Flying, and Log Analysis
12. Chapter 9: Drone Assembly, Configuration, and Tuning 13. Chapter 10: Flight Log Analysis and PIDs 14. Chapter 11: Application-Based Drone Development 15. Chapter 12: Developing a Custom Survey Drone 16. References 17. Index 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

RPA or drone configuration

When we connect a drone to the GCS, it’s mandatory to set up the necessary configurations of the drone and do the required calibration before any flights. The configuration of the drone is required so that the flight controller knows the exact values of the sensors, the airframe type, the battery status, the communication strength, and so on, which are required during the flight. The flight controller makes necessary decisions based on this data.

Checking sensor calibration, the motors, the ESCs, and the compass before a flight is important; this should be done before any flight.

The camera parameters should be set to capture the maximum number of best-quality images and videos of the area over which the drone is flying.

Necessary failsafe actions are to be taken for the emergency recovery of the drone in the case of a battery failure or a loss of communication.

The parameters related to the battery, power, and others are adjusted and set...

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