Lumenier QAV250 quadcopter, 21,
36
M
MAG port, 99, 100
magnetometer, 7
maintenance logs, 169
mapping and surveying, 173
Meetup website, 3
micro four thirds camera, 122-123
microchips, role in drone develop-
ment, 4
Mission Planner software, 82, 117
accelerometer, calibrating,
138-139
alternatives to, 158
APM firmware, updating,
131-135
battery monitor setup, 150-151
compass, setting up, 140
connecting to APM, 136
FailSafe setup, 146
flight data, viewing, 156
flight modes, setting, 144, 152
flight plan, creating, 157
frame type, setting, 136-138
Geo Fence, setting, 152
radio (transmitter), calibrating,
142
standard parameters, setting,
155
telemetry radio setup, 149
tuning, 153-154
Mobius ActionCam, 124
modes, for transmitter, 108
motor, 46-48, 72-76
MultiRotorForums website, 2
N
no-fly zones, 163, 165, 167
O
octocopters, 17, 88
online resources, 162-163
airframe building video, 40
APM standard and advanced
parameters, 155
balancing props video, 46
for this book, x
FPV (first-person view), 180
internal compass, disabling, 95
laws and regulations, 170
Little Dipper design files, viii
Mission Planner software, 82
sensors, 182
soldering tutorial, 57
tablet ground stations, 158
user community, 2-3, 184-185
video transmitter installation,
126
open source flight controller, 79
output ports, 81
P
payload capacity, 49
PDB (power distribution board),
53-54, 72
Phoenix Professional Flight Simula-
tor, 12
photography, aerial, 171
(see also camera)
pitch (elevator), 11
pitch, of propellers, 42-43, 183
plus (+) frame type, 137
PM (power module) port, 81, 104,
106
power distribution board (PDB),
53-54, 72
power module (battery monitor),
95-96, 102-106, 150-151
power train, 41-51
(see also batteries; ESCs;
motor; propellers)
building, 52-76
PPM (pulse position modulation)
protocol, 109
precision agriculture, 174-175
preflight checklist, 166-168
pressure sensor, 7
prop slip, 42
propellers, 41
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