Index
A
- accelerometers
- about / Keep your attitude in check
- piezoelectric / Keep your attitude in check
- capacitance / Keep your attitude in check
- Adobe
- Warp Stabilizer, using / Using Adobe's Warp Stabilizer
- airframe
- building / Building the airframe
- airframe, multicopter
- about / The airframe
- selecting / Choosing your airframe
- carbon fiber, versus aluminum / Carbon fiber versus aluminum
- propellers, selecting / Choosing your propellers
- motor, selecting / Selecting your motor
- ESC, selecting / Selecting the ESCs
- battery, selecting / Powering your multicopter – the battery
- specifications, tweaking / Tweaking your specifications for better results
- altimeter
- using / Measuring your altitude
- aluminum airframe
- versus, carbon fiber airframe / Carbon fiber versus aluminum
- AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) / Priority 2 – follow the law
- AR Drone (version 1)
- about / Measuring your altitude
- ArduPilot
- about / ArduPilot (APM:chopper)
- autonomous flight
- experiencing / Experiencing an autonomous flight
- URL / Experiencing an autonomous flight
- axes of rotation, aircraft
- pitch / How do multicopters fly?
- yaw / How do multicopters fly?
- roll / How do multicopters fly?
B
- batteries
- setting up / Setting up your batteries
- battery, multicopter
- selecting / Powering your multicopter – the battery
- URL / DJI
- Battery Eliminator Circuit (BEC)
- about / Selecting the ESCs
- brands, guidance system (the brain)
- Paris / The final choice for guidance
- ArduPilot / The final choice for guidance
- DJI / The final choice for guidance, DJI
- X-Aircraft / The final choice for guidance
- brand trust
- about / Brands you can trust
- for GoPro shooting / For GoPro shooting
- cameras / Bigger cameras
- brushless gimbals
- about / Delving into camera gimbals
- brushless motor
- connecting / Connecting a brushless motor
- budget expectations
- about / What to expect for your budget…
- realistic expectations, setting / Setting realistic expectations
C
- calculations, multicopter fly
- performing / The calculations you'll need
- camera
- about / The Camera
- CCD / CCD versus CMOS
- CMOS / CCD versus CMOS
- camera gimbal, multicopter / Camera gimbals and transmitters
- camera gimbals
- using / Delving into camera gimbals
- brushless gimbals / Delving into camera gimbals
- servo gimbals / Delving into camera gimbals
- camera moves
- executing / Executing camera moves
- crane shots / Crane shots
- dolly shots / Dolly shots
- fly-through shots / Fly-through shots
- orbit-by shots / Orbit-by shots
- 360 orbit / The 360 orbit
- cameras
- about / Bigger cameras
- CAN bus / What's a CAN bus?
- capacitance accelerometers
- about / Keep your attitude in check
- carbon fiber airframe
- versus, aluminum airframe / Carbon fiber versus aluminum
- cavitation
- about / Selecting your motor
- CCD, camera
- versus CMOS / CCD versus CMOS
- Ceramic gyros
- about / Keep your attitude in check
- cheap brands
- selecting, pitfalls / If someone is selling it, it probably works … right?
- clips
- cutting, into segments / Cutting your clips into segments
- CMOS, camera
- versus CCD / CCD versus CMOS
- compass
- about / The compass
- components
- connecting / Connecting components
- brushless motor, connecting / Connecting a brushless motor
- CAN bus / What's a CAN bus?
- sensors, placing / Placing the sensors
- components, FPV system
- camera / The Camera
- Onscreen display (OSD) / Onscreen display (OSD)
- transmitter / The transmitter and receiver
- receiver / The transmitter and receiver
- video monitors / Video monitors
- components, multicopter
- list and cost / The final component list and cost
- configuration, multicopter rotors
- redundant / Redundancy versus stability
- independent / Redundancy versus stability
- CPU
- about / The CPU of your brain
- crane shots / Crane shots
- Crystal gyros
- about / Keep your attitude in check
D
- DIYdrones.com
- about / Other sites that can be used
- DJI
- about / Brands you can trust, DJI
- DJI Phantom 2
- using / Measuring your altitude
- dog running
- about / The compass
- dolly shots / Dolly shots
- DX8 transmitter
- URL / The human interface
E
- eCalc
- electronic speed control (ESC), multicopter / The electronic speed control
- ESC, multicopter
- selecting / Selecting the ESCs
F
- fly-through shots / Fly-through shots
- FPV (first person view) flyers
- about / Delving into camera gimbals
- FPV flying
- rules / Rules for flying
- FPV system
- components / Components of an FPV system
- Futaba
- about / The human interface
G
- Gaui 330X quadrocopter / Get a simulator!
- gimbal
- about / Delving into camera gimbals
- Global Positioning System (GPS)
- about / Global Positioning System
- GoPro shooting
- about / For GoPro shooting
- GPS/Compass module
- about / Placing the sensors
- ground effect, multicopter
- about / What is ground effect?
- guidance system
- programming / Programming your guidance system and remote
- guidance system (the brain), multicopter / The guidance system (the brain)
- about / The multicopter brain – the guidance system
- sensors / Multicopter guidance system sensor types
- CPU / The CPU of your brain
- brands, selecting / The final choice for guidance
- gyros
- about / Keep your attitude in check
- Crystal / Keep your attitude in check
- Ceramic / Keep your attitude in check
- Silicon / Keep your attitude in check
H
- handle
- about / Executing camera moves
- human interface
- about / The human interface
I
- Immersion RC receiver
- independent configuration
- about / Redundancy versus stability
- versus, redundant configuration / Redundancy versus stability
- indoor flying
- about / Indoor flying considerations
- inside orbit-by
- about / Orbit-by shots
- Internal Measurement Unit (IMU)
- about / Placing the sensors
J
- jello / CCD versus CMOS
- jib
- about / Crane shots
K
- KV
- about / Selecting your motor
L
- LiPo (Lithium Polymer)
M
- mAh (milliamp hour)
- microphone
- using / Measuring your altitude
- MikroKopter
- about / Brands you can trust
- mkTR Professional gimbal
- motor, multicopter
- selecting / Selecting your motor
- URL / Selecting your motor
- motor configuration
- setting / Setting your motor configuration
- motors, multicopter / Motors and propellers
- motor settings / Motor settings
- Mounting screen / Mounting
- multicopter
- flying techniques / How do multicopters fly?
- yaw control / A multicopter's yaw control
- about / What's in a multicopter?
- airframe / The airframe
- motors / Motors and propellers
- propellers / Motors and propellers
- electronic speed control (ESC) / The electronic speed control
- guidance system (the brain) / The guidance system (the brain), The multicopter brain – the guidance system
- camera gimbal / Camera gimbals and transmitters
- transmitters / Camera gimbals and transmitters
- radio systems / Radio systems
- purpose, identifying / What kind of drone should I build?
- rotors, determining / How many rotors should it have?
- airframe, selecting / Choosing your airframe
- software updates / Update!
- safety rules / Safety
- preflight checklist / The preflight checklist
- battery calibration / Battery calibration
- arming / Arming and flying your multicopter
- flying / Arming and flying your multicopter
- ground effect / What is ground effect?
- prop wash / Watch out for prop wash
- precautions / Take it slow
- multicopter fly
- calculating / The calculations you'll need
- multicopter lift
- multicopter movement
- about / How a multicopter moves
- Multistar 45 amp 2-6S ESCs
- URL / Selecting the ESCs
O
- 360 orbit / The 360 orbit
- online communities
- Onscreen display (OSD)
- about / Onscreen display (OSD)
- onscreen displays (OSD) / The guidance system (the brain)
- orbit-by shots / Orbit-by shots
- Out of Ground Effect (OGE) / What is ground effect?
- outside orbit
- about / Orbit-by shots
P
- Paris
- about / The final choice for guidance
- piezoelectric accelerometers
- about / Keep your attitude in check
- pitch / How do multicopters fly?
- preflight checklist, multicopter
- about / The preflight checklist
- propellers, multicopter / Motors and propellers
- selecting / Choosing your propellers
- URL / Tweaking your specifications for better results
- prop wash, multicopter / Watch out for prop wash
- puffing
R
- radio systems, multicopter / Radio systems
- RC calibration / RC calibration
- RCgroups.com
- RC simulators
- about / Get a simulator!
- analyzing, in 3D view / Thinking in three dimensions
- RealFlight
- URL / Get a simulator!
- receiver / The transmitter and receiver
- redundant configuration
- about / Redundancy versus stability
- versus, independent configuration / Redundancy versus stability
- remote
- programming / Programming your guidance system and remote
- resources, for reviews
- online communities / Online communities – the new consumer reports
- reviews
- revolutions per minute (RPM)
- about / Selecting your motor
- roll / How do multicopters fly?
- rotors, multicopter
- determining / How many rotors should it have?
- configuration / Redundancy versus stability
- rules, FPV flying
- priorities / Rules for flying, Priority 2 – follow the law, Priority 4 – get the shot
- public safety / Priority 1 – safety for the public
- dos / Priority 2 – follow the law
- don’ts / Priority 2 – follow the law
- aircraft safety / Priority 3 – safety for your aircraft and camera
- camera safety / Priority 3 – safety for your aircraft and camera
S
- safety rules, multicopter
- flying location / Where to fly
- flying time / When to fly
- flying technique / How you should fly
- segments
- clips, cutting into / Cutting your clips into segments
- sensors
- using / Multicopter guidance system sensor types
- Global Positioning System (GPS) / Global Positioning System
- compass / The compass
- altitude, measuring / Measuring your altitude
- altitude, checking / Keep your attitude in check
- placing / Placing the sensors
- servo gimbals
- about / Delving into camera gimbals
- shutter roll / CCD versus CMOS
- Silicon gyros
- about / Keep your attitude in check
- smaller clips
- creating / Cutting your clips into segments
- software updates, multicopter / Update!
- sonar
- using / Measuring your altitude
- specifications, airframe
- Spektrum
- about / The human interface
- Spektrum AR8000 receiver
- URL / The human interface
- Spektrum DX7 / The human interface
- Spektrum DX8 / The human interface
T
- TestPilotRC channel
- toilet bowling
- about / The compass
- translation
- about / Keep your attitude in check
- transmitter / The transmitter and receiver
- transmitters, multicopter / Camera gimbals and transmitters
- trolls
- Turnigy H.A.L. (Heavy Aerial Lift) hexacopter frame
- about / Carbon fiber versus aluminum
- URL / Carbon fiber versus aluminum
- turnkey system
- need for / Why choose a turnkey system?
V
- Videomaker magazine
- URL / The 360 orbit
- video monitors
- about / Video monitors
- URL / Video monitors
W
- Warp Stabilizer
- using / Using Adobe's Warp Stabilizer
- WooKong-M
- URL / DJI
- WooKong software
- exploring / Exploring the WooKong software
- motor configuration, setting / Setting your motor configuration
- Mounting screen / Mounting
- RC calibration / RC calibration
- motor settings / Motor settings
- batteries, setting up / Setting up your batteries
X
- X-Aircraft
- about / X-Aircraft
Y
- yaw / How do multicopters fly?
- yaw control, multicopter / A multicopter's yaw control
- YouTube.com