PROJECT: Scratch Building a FPV DRONE (Quadcopter)
I first discovered the First Person View (FPV) Racing Drones (Quads) back in 2014. The technology was just getting started and most of the quads had to be built from a frame kits and many of the parts such as motors, props, ESC’s supplied by yourself. I wanted to describe the technology changes and some of the design choices we had to consider as the drone technology mature from the infant stage.
WORK IN PROGRESS —————————-
PROJECT VISION & GOALS
VISION
Application of drone (flying robot) technology
GOALS - 2014
Scratch build FPV Quadcopter (250 size, 3S) & participate in FPV racing events
GOALS - 2015
Implement advanced tuning and programming of the FPV Quads (250 size, 3S & 4S) & participated in FPV racing events
GOALS - 2016
Implement newer technologies and flight controller PID configurations & scratch build mini size FPV Quads (210 size, 3S)
GOALS - 2017
Fly using commercially available FPV Quads (180 to 210 size, 3S & 4S) and antenna technologies
GOALS - 2018
Fly free style FPV & try indoor micro size FPV Quads (3inch size, 1S)
GOALS - 2019
Fly free style FPV using micro size FPV Quads (3inch size, 1S & 2S)
GOALS - 2020
TBD - Considering digital technologies & different configurations including Bicopter and Tricopter
TBD - Considering building Flight Controller based on microcontrollers such as ESP32