The Complete Guide to Drones, Extended and Fully Updated 2nd Edition
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The Complete Guide to Drones, Extended and Fully Updated 2nd Edition: Choose, Build, Photograph, Race

The Complete Guide to Drones, Extended and Fully Updated 2nd Edition: Choose, Build, Photograph, Race


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About the Book

If you think you need a boarding pass to fly, you’re really missing out! Today, drones are everywhere. From film studios to farms, they’re in the hands of photographers, commercial surveyors, and racers alike. This fully illustrated book explains how drones developed, where they’re going, and which one you should choose. It even includes complete instructions to build both a simple drone and a super-fast FPV racer yourself. Whether you’re flying indoors or out, buying or building, this book covers everything: Understand the Jargon: Flying has a lot of unfamiliar terminology, but this book will make it easy to master. Business or Pleasure: Every type of multicopter you might want is introduced, including explanations of which is best suited for what role. Get the Best Pictures: This edition includes an extended guide to the tech and composition tricks you can use to make your pictures stand out of the pack. Get the Best Video: A new shot-guide shows you how to get the most engaging aerial video, whatever your drone. Be an FPV Racer: There are complete step-by-step instructions for building your own FPV racer, or a surprisingly cheap wooden drone – both great projects. This is an Extended Second Edition. Following from the worldwide success of the first edition, which has been translated into numerous languages, this edition is not just fully updated to keep pace with the laws and the technology (including gesture controls), it is also new enough to thoroughly cover the fast-growing new sport of FPV drone racing, while still including a comprehensive guide to learning to fly any drone.

Table of Contents:
CONTENTS 6 INTRODUCTION 8 CHAPTER 1: DRONE BASICS WHERE DRONES CAME FROM AND WHAT KINDS THERE ARE 10 History of Drones 12 Military Drones 14 Emergence of Multicopters 16 RC Legacy 18 How Multicopters Fly 20 The Basics of Multicopter Flight 22 Types of Drone 24 Indoor & "Toy "Drones 26 Building Drones 28 Professional Drones 30 Racing quads 30 CHAPTER 2: POWERTRAIN THE KEY COMPONENTS OF ANY DRONE 32 Airframe 34 Batteries 36 Motors 38 Speed Controllers (ESCs) 40 Propellers 42 Flight Controllers 46 RC Transmitters 48 FPV Systems 50 Telemetry 52 Landing Gear 54 CHAPTER 3: ACE PILOT FLY WELL, FLY OFTEN 56 Flight Basics 58 Pre-flight Checks 60 Helicopter Girls 62 Flight Modes 64 The Maiden Flight 66 Roll, Pitch, Yaw & Throttle 68 Gesture Controls 70 Key skills 72 Simulators 74 Manual Mode 76 GPS Autopilot 80 CHAPTER 4: PHOTO & VIDEO FROM MICRO-CAMERAS TO CINEMA-QUALITY 82 Camera Specification 86 Exposure Triangle 88 Amos Chapple 90 Cameras 92 Gimbals 94 Still Composition 96 Video Composition 98 Better Perspectives 100 Programmed Camera 102 Image Correction 104 CHAPTER 5: BUILD CHEAP DRONE BUILD YOURSELF A GREAT DRONE FOR LESS MONEY THAN YOU'D THINK 106 TameSky 1: The Wooden Wonder 108 The TameSky 1 Build Part 1 112 Flashing ESCs 114 Circuit Diagram 116 The TameSky 1 Build Part 2 126 Post-build Tuning 128 CHAPTER 6: BUILD A RACER BUILD A SUPER-FAST FPV RACER ON A BUDGET 130 TameSky 2: FPV Racer 132 The TameSky 1 Build Part 1 134 Flashing ESCs 136 Circuit Diagram 138 The TameSky 1 Build 142 CHAPTER 7: REFERENCE USEFUL BITS AND BOBS 144 Drones and the Law 146 Safe to fly? 148 Communities 150 Glossary 152 Index 154 TameSky 1 Cutouts 160 Acknowledgments  

About the Author :
Adam Juniper has been flying drones and model helicopters for years, and enjoys nothing more than sharing those skills or the videos he captures. He is active in the community --- his YouTube videos have been seen by thousands of fellow pilots. He has authored several books including My Story: Easy Digital Tools and Photoshop Elements. He's also worked as a book publisher and professional video producer (with a book on the subject to his name), and has written for numerous digital creativity magazine.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781577151685
  • Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Wellfleet Press,U.S.
  • Height: 255 mm
  • No of Pages: 160
  • Spine Width: 13 mm
  • Weight: 649 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1577151682
  • Publisher Date: 16 Apr 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Choose, Build, Photograph, Race
  • Width: 235 mm


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