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Drone Development from Concept to Flight

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Product type Book
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837633005
Pages 316 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Sumit Sharma Sumit Sharma
Profile icon Sumit Sharma
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Sumit Sharma has rich experience in Unmanned systems with specialization in Drones architecture development and testing for different applications. He is experienced in Drone Mechanics, Avionics, Design and manufacturing. In his early career, he was involved in the development and testing of the first approved agriculture drone and later getting it approved by the DGCA. Along with this, he has contributed to the development of a Survey drone for Aerial Surveys. He was also involved in the development of high speed and long range surveillance drones for defence tenders. Sumit has been involved in early agriculture spraying pilot projects and was a part of Aerial Spraying on the Locust which hit Rajasthan in 2020.
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface Part 1: Fundamentals of Flight Engineering
Chapter 1: Getting Started with UAV and Drone Engineering Chapter 2: Understanding Flight Terminologies and the Physics of Motion Chapter 3: Learning and Applying Basic Command and Control Interfaces Chapter 4: Knowing UAV Systems, Sub-Systems, and Components Part 2: System Conceptualization and Avionics Development
Chapter 5: The Application of Sensors and IMUs in Drones Chapter 6: Introduction to Drone Firmware and Flight Stacks Chapter 7: Introduction to Ground Control Station Software Chapter 8: Understanding Flight Modes and Mission Planning Part 3: Configuration, Calibrations, Flying, and Log Analysis
Chapter 9: Drone Assembly, Configuration, and Tuning Chapter 10: Flight Log Analysis and PIDs Chapter 11: Application-Based Drone Development Chapter 12: Developing a Custom Survey Drone References Index Other Books You May Enjoy

Index

As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.

Symbols

3D models 227

3D Robotics (3DR) 102

12 motors (in Hexa)/deca-hexa copter 11

A

above-ground level (AGL) 87

above mean sea level (AMSL) 87

acceleration power spectral density (PSD) 210

accelerometer 82, 83

actuator controls FFT graph 208, 209

actuator estimate graph 207

Advanced Power Drives (APD) 245

aerial delivery drones 230

features 230

aerial survey mission

payloads used 219, 220

planning 222-224

aerial surveys 218

advantages 218

final deliverables 225-227

role, of drones 219

Aero Ground Control Station (AeroGCS) 185

download link 127

home menu 129-133

main dashboard 127, 128

overview 127

AeroMegh 128

Agisoft Metashape 225

URL 225

agricultural spraying drones 227

agriculture spraying flight planning...

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Authors (1)

Profile icon Sumit Sharma
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Sumit Sharma has rich experience in Unmanned systems with specialization in Drones architecture development and testing for different applications. He is experienced in Drone Mechanics, Avionics, Design and manufacturing. In his early career, he was involved in the development and testing of the first approved agriculture drone and later getting it approved by the DGCA. Along with this, he has contributed to the development of a Survey drone for Aerial Surveys. He was also involved in the development of high speed and long range surveillance drones for defence tenders. Sumit has been involved in early agriculture spraying pilot projects and was a part of Aerial Spraying on the Locust which hit Rajasthan in 2020.
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