This guide walks you through the complete process of building your own FPV drone—from choosing components to final assembly and setup. It’s perfect if you’re just starting out and want a clear, hands-on introduction to drone building. Link – How to Build A Drone DIY Step by Step Guide 2023, How an FPV quadcopter functions!
In this video, Sabin Civil Engineering explains the fundamental flight dynamics of drones, covering key concepts like lift, yaw, pitch, and roll. It’s a great resource for understanding how drones stay stable and perform maneuvers in the air. Link – Drones | The complete flight dynamics
Dive into the world of aerodynamics with NASA’s interactive guide! Learn how lift, drag, and the forces of flight shape how things move through the air in a fun and engaging way.
This beginner-friendly video breaks down the fundamentals of quadcopter flight, covering key components like motors, ESCs, flight controllers, and how they interact to keep your drone airborne.
Are you using materials that match your mission, or just what’s easy to source? This ERAU chapter explores aerospace materials—from aluminum alloys to carbon composites—and why your choice matters in every gram.
Curious how to make your drone lighter without compromising strength? This MDPI article dives into unibody quadcopter design using topology optimization and 3D printing—perfect if you’re looking to push flight efficiency to the next level.
This video by Sabin Civil Engineering explains how Brushless DC (BLDC) motors operate, highlighting their key components and working principles. It’s a great resource if you’re looking to understand the mechanics behind these efficient and widely used motors.
Having Trouble choosing a motor for your Drone? In this video, FPV University explains how to choose the right drone motor by focusing on key factors like KV rating and torque. It’s a great resource to help you understand how motor specs affect performance and efficiency.
Choosing the right airfoil can make or break your drone’s performance. This ScienceDirect piece breaks down how lift, stall, and Cl_max affect your flight envelope.
Curious about how airfoil characteristics influence flight dynamics? This chapter from Embry-Riddle’s aerospace textbook delves into key concepts like lift coefficient, pitching moment, and aerodynamic center, providing a foundational understanding of airfoil behavior.
Do you really know what’s under the hood of your drone—or just plugging and praying? This PX4 guide breaks down core drone components—explaining how each part works together to keep your UAV flying smooth and smart.
This guide walks you through assembling a drone with PX4 components—covering everything from wiring and mounting to integrating essentials like the flight controller, GPS, power modules, and telemetry.
The following link will help you understand all the essential parts needed to build a drone—like the frame, motors, GPS, battery, and flight controller. It clearly explains what each component does and how they all work together in a PX4-based system.
This ArduPilot guide walks you through the essential setup steps—from sensor calibration to ESC configuration—so your Drone’s ready to fly smart and safe.
Want to level up your drone game? Joshua Bardwell’s YouTube channel is your go-to for in-depth reviews, tutorials, and pro tips for all things FPV and drone tech.
DroneBot Workshop on YouTube offers clear, hands-on tutorials and deep dives into the tech behind UAVs and robots.
This guide takes you step-by-step through the assembly process—covering everything from hardware integration to wiring, ensuring your UAV is mission-ready.
New to flight controllers? FPV University’s YouTube video covers the basics—explaining everything you need to know to get your drone in the air with a solid flight controller setup.
Pixhawk—the OG open-source flight controller that kickstarted a DIY drone revolution. Reliable, customizable, and still going strong in pro builds today.
It’s more than just a pretty flight controller—it’s the powerhouse behind next-gen autonomous drones, packed with triple-redundant IMUs and a blazing fast H7 processor.
This guide walks you through the process, from setting up the software to coding your controller for smooth, autonomous flights.
This guide covers everything you need to know about integrating cameras and gimbals with ArduPilot for professional-grade results.
This blog dives into integrating cameras with UAV flight control systems, ensuring smooth operations and high-quality footage.
This GitHub repository presents a probabilistic ensembling technique for fusing RGB and thermal images, improving detection accuracy even with missing data.
This guide on object detection explains how deep learning is used to enable drones to recognize and react to objects in real time.
This ScienceDirect article presents a large-scale RGBT (Red, Green, Blue, Thermal) person detection benchmark, designed to improve object detection in complex environments.
This research article discusses the integration of deep learning with RGB and thermal imagery onboard drones for monitoring operations. It focuses on utilizing AI for environment recognition and object detection, particularly in disaster relief scenarios.
This article explores how UAVs can leverage advanced neural network models to recognize human actions in real-world conditions using just RGB video.
This article details Primoco UAV’s successful flight test, where several One 150 UAVs were controlled simultaneously using a single ground control station (GCS).
This ScienceDirect overview breaks down how GCSs serve as the command hubs for UAVs, detailing their hardware and software components that enable real-time flight control and mission planning.
This ArduPilot community thread delves into configuring a point-to-multipoint setup using RFD900x radios and MAVProxy, enabling simultaneous management of multiple drones.
This OpenIoT project features a UAV with dual payload drop systems and live proof-of-delivery, tailored for rapid response in emergency zones.
This research introduces a servo-actuated mechanism using metallic gears, capable of delivering up to 9 kg—engineered for disaster relief and modeled in SolidWorks.
Patent WO2015076886A2 introduces a mechanism for lowering payloads from UAVs using a line-deployment system, facilitating precise and safe deliveries, particularly in medical support scenarios.
Dive into Mission Planner—the ultimate GCS tool for ArduPilot that lets you plan, tune, and monitor missions with precision.
This MDPI study introduces an autonomous method that integrates flight path and payload planning, optimizing reconnaissance tasks through Hierarchical Traveling Salesman Problem (HTSP) algorithms and payload-specific constraints.
This ArduPilot guide walks you through the tuning process—from initial setup and manual adjustments to leveraging AUTOTUNE and input shaping for optimal flight control.
Pre-Arm Safety Checks prevent arming if critical issues like calibration errors or sensor failures are detected, helping to avoid crashes or flyaways.
PX4’s Preflight Checks ensure all systems—from sensors to estimators—are functioning correctly, preventing arming if issues like GPS inconsistencies or sensor misalignments are detected.
Accelerometer calibration aligns the flight controller with the drone’s level orientation for stable flight. Compass calibration removes magnetic interference to ensure accurate heading during navigation. Auto-Tune automatically adjusts PID values for optimal flight performance after all calibrations are complete.
The Software-in-the-Loop (SITL) simulator lets you run Plane, Copter, or Rover directly on your PC, enabling mission planning, parameter tuning, and failure simulation—all without a physical vehicle.
This Guide is your go-to resource for safely testing and refining your drone’s flight code before taking to the skies. It supports both Software-in-the-Loop (SITL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) simulations, allowing you to interact with virtual vehicles using tools like QGroundControl or a gamepad.
The Gazebo ROS integration tutorial provides a comprehensive guide on using the gazebo_ros_pkgs to bridge Gazebo’s simulation capabilities with ROS’s messaging and service systems.
Microsoft’s AirSim is an open-source, cross-platform simulator built on Unreal Engine, supporting drones, cars, and more. It offers realistic physics, sensor models, and APIs in C++, Python, and C#, facilitating AI research and development.
