In this chapter, we set out the scope of the book and our general approach to designing, building, and flying fixed‐wing UAVs. This sets the scene for what follows and the reasons behind our interest in this exciting form of aviation, which has seen rapid progress over the last 10 years with the advent of low‐cost autopilots and much less expensive digital manufacturing methods such as 3D printing.


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    Title :

    Preliminaries


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2017-10-23


    Size :

    13 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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