FPV Drones
During 2016, I began to notice the rising popularity of the use of quadcopters, or drones, in all sorts of fields. The use of drones that fascinated me the most, was when people would race them using FPV goggles. After watching a few youtube videos of pilots zipping through buildings while doing flips and twists, I was hooked. I immediately began to research the parts and tools needed for me to start building my own.
Background
Once I learned all of the skills needed to build a drone, I began to plan my own build. The first drone that I ever constructed was made out of pieces that I 3D printed at home. After many hours of assembly, and lots of trial and error, I finally was able to fly the 3D printed drone. As my interest in using drones increased, I began to expand into a very wide range of uses and types of quadcopters. The racing drone pictured above depicts one of the most complicated drones that I have ever built. The entire machine is constructed around a carbon fiber frame, which I hydro dipped in paint in order to give it the awesome design. On top of this custom frame is mounted all of the newest and updated flight controller, ESC's, motors, PCB, FPV camera, FPV transmitter, and a radio transmitter. All of these pieces work together to make this amazing drone fly at speed of sixty miles per hour or more while carrying an action camera capable of outputting HD quality video.
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