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2025-06-27 11:33 am
What would you suggest me to learn if I want to make my first drone of my life? I have zero experience. I know about drone parts, I have seen and handled them for my previous job. But I never made a drone, never assembled one using ready-made kits, even never operated one.
2025-06-28 1:40 am
Joshua Bardwell has a complete series on building drones for beginners and walks through the entire process.
before you build, you might want to at least download a flight simulator. pretty cheap, around $20. Better than building one for $300 plus batteries, plus radio and goggles, then finding its not what you expected. I started with Liftoff which you can get on Steam. You can use a gaming control pad at first, but it intended to use with an RC radio. I started in 3rd person view just to understand how the drone moves based on the stick input.
FYI, this simulator is for racing/freestyle drones, not photo/video drones.
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2025-06-29 3:55 pm
Joshua Bardwell has a complete series on building drones for beginners and walks through the entire process.
before you build, you might want to at least download a flight simulator. pretty cheap, around $20. Better than building one for $300 plus batteries, plus radio and goggles, then finding its not what you expected. I started with Liftoff which you can get on Steam. You can use a gaming control pad at first, but it intended to use with an RC radio. I started in 3rd person view just to understand how the drone moves based on the stick input.
FYI, this simulator is for racing/freestyle drones, not photo/video drones.
Thank you. Drone parts are very expensive. So, I would like to proceed with something cheaper.