Drones - A guide to best practices for choosing, equipping, and operating. 2nd edition

For a professional, ensuring the success of a project means choosing the right drone from among dozens of possible types. A single machine should stand out from the crowd, answering the many questions you need to ask yourself:
What are the different types of drone and their uses?
Is it better to assemble a drone yourself, or buy one ready to fly?
Which drone components will help you make the right choice?
How do you choose your batteries?
What are the criteria for choosing an autopilot?
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A drone is only an aerial vehicle carrying a payload, and perfecting this symbiosis between project and machine also requires a number of questions to be answered, such as: How do you design your payload?
What impact does the payload have on the choice of drone and on the flight path?

Finally, the place of operation also has its constraints:
What precautions need to be taken when operating in the field?
What organization should be adopted?
How should the radio link be sized to avoid communication breakdowns?
What are the choices to be made among the various launch and recovery systems?
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This book will help you find your answer, and how to organize yourself to implement it.

Table of contents

Chapter 1: Choosing the right drone is the key to your success
1.1. Fixed or rotary wing?
1.2. Kit or ready-to-fly?
1.3. Innovative canopies
Chapter 2: Choosing custom components
2.1. Specifics for choosing a fixed canopy
2.2. Specifics for a rotary wing
2.3. Autopilots
2.4. Inertial units
2.5. Cables and connectors
2.6. GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System)
2.7. Servo motors
2.8. Batteries
2.9. Safety systems
2.10. Ground-drone links
Chapter 3: Designing your payload
3.1. Design
3.2. Assembly
3.3. Integration
3.4. LIDAR (Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging)
3.5. RGB, thermal, multispectral and hyperspectral cameras
3.6. 3D printing
Chapter 4: Operate in the field
4.1. Meteorology
4.2. Common tools and equipment
4.3. Getting organized on site
Chapter 5: Civilian users from all walks of life
5.1. Audiovisual
5.2. Building and construction
5.3. Scientific research
5.4. Precision agriculture
5.5. Surveillance