Video Capture Drone

Summary

I’m going to build a drone that can capture video, and perhaps even charge itself. I plan to make it controllable over the internet (via a website for example) too by customizing the hardware used to build the remote. I’m excited to build this because I’ve attempted to build a drone at a workshop before, and it didn’t fly.

Plan

1. Initially, I’ll be assembling the hardware and I’ll test whether the motors and ESCs work individually.
2. Following that, I’ll be writing code to:
   1. Start/stop the motors and fly
   2. Communicate with the remote
   3. Control the device without physically using the remote by communicating with the remote using my phone via the internet
   4. [OPTIONAL] Add code to encode and transmit video to a device.
      • Otherwise, I can later get the video from the drone

Hardware overview

Overview of generic components:

Drone

Remote

Misc

Budget

Conversion Factor: $1 = ₹82.61