9

FEATURE

Build a drone

o, given the previous sections,

you should now be sitting at

your bench with all the parts of

a multirotor set out in front of

you. One might think then that now

would follow a step-by-step assembly

guide. But perhaps

surprisingly that’s not exactly

the direction we’ll take.

You’re HackSpace

magazine readers,

you will know

one end of a screwdriver or a soldering iron from the

other and that’s, to a large extent, the skill you’ll need

to assemble a multirotor. Off-the-shelf components

are designed to be assembled in this way, so instead

of giving you a screw-by-screw guide, it’s better to

pull out a little on the mundane, and zoom in only on

the unusual or problematic parts.

Before you start though,

it’s worth ensuring

that you have the

sundries you

will need.

S

BUILDING THE

MULTIROTOR

Above

Look at those

arrows! We made the

mistake of placing

the controller at 90

degrees to where it

should have been