Drones

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Key features of Drone regulations 1.0

1.1 Notification of final Regulations for Civil Use of RPAS

       1.1.1 Operation/Procedural Requirements

        1.1.2 No Drone Zones            

        1.1.3 Operations through Digital Plateforms

        1.1.4 Enforcement Actions

1.2 RPAS regulation Documents

Chapter 2: Introduction to drones and thier applications

2.1 Definations of Drones

2.2 History of Drones

2.3 India and Drones

2.4 Tinkering and Drones

2.5 Do's and Don'ts

       2.5.1 Do's

       2.5.2 Don'ts

2.6 Classifications of Drones based on structure

        2.6.1 Fixed wing structure

        2.6.2 Lighter than air system

        2.6.3 Rotary-wing Aircraft

2.7 Applications of Drones 

Chapter 3 : Dynamics of an Arial Sytem

3.1 Forces of flight

3.2 Principal axes and rotation of aerial systems

       3.2.1 Longitudinal axis

       3.2.2 Lateral(Transverse) axis

       3.2.3 Perpendicular axis

Chapter 4: Stability and Control

4.1 Equilibrium

4.2 Stability

      4.2.1 Stable system

      4.2.2 Unstable system

      4.2.3 Neutrally stable system

4.3 Control

      4.3.1 Roll

      4.3.2 Pitch

      4.3.3 Yaw

      4.3.4 Throttle

Chapter 5: Drone Sensors

5.1 What is sensor and what is it supposed to do ?

      5.1.1 Accelerometer

      5.1.2 Barometer

      5.1.3 Gyro Sensor

      5.1.4 Magnetometer

5.2 Other Sensor

       5.2.1 Distance Sensors

   5.2.1.1 Light-Pulse Distance Sensor

                  5.2.1.2 Radio Detection and Ranging (RADAR)

                  5.2.1.3 Sonar-Pulse Distance Sensors

       5.2.2 Time of Flight (ToF) Sensors

       5.2.3 Thermal Sensors

       5.2.4 Chemical Sensors

Chapter 6: Propulsion and Vertical Motion

6.1 Propulsion

6.2 Propeller

      6.2.1 Parameters of Standard Propellers

      6.2.2 Propeller Materials

6.3 Motors

Chapter 7: Battery of a Drone

7.1 Battery

7.2 Types of batteries

       7.2.1 Wet cell batteries

      7.2.2 Dry cell batteries

7.3 Which batteries should we use for Drones?

      7.3.1 High Energy Density

      7.3.2 C-Rating

      7.3.3 Voltage

      7.3.4 Discharge Profile

Chapter 8: Introduction to Drone Programming

8.1 What is programming/coding ?

8.2 Logic in programming

     8.2.1 Sequential statement

     8.2.2. Conditional statement

     8.2.3 Repetitive statement

8.3 What is C++

8.4 Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

8.5  Application Programming Interface (API)

8.6 Programming a drone

Chapter 9: How to build your Multi-Rotor Drone

9.1 Drone categories in India

9.2 Components required to build a nano drone

       9.2.1 Frame

       9.2.2 Propulsion System

       9.2.3 Propeller guards

       9.2.4 Drone Controller

       9.2.5 Flight Controller

       9.2.6 Battery

9.3 Examples of open-source Nano drones

9.4 Steps to build your Drone

9.5 Build your own Drone