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HOW TO: BUILD A BUDGET DRONE

TEXT & PHOTOS BY JIM RYAN MAKING YOUR OWN QUADCOPTER IS EASIER THAN YOU THINK Building your own quadcopter is a fun project and allows you to mix and match hardware. The doit-yourself approach is particularly suited to projects like this 250-class FPV racer. (Flight photo by Daren Murrer) These days, there are so many outstanding ready-to-fly multirotors on the market that it's easy to forget these aircraft started out as the quintessential do-it-yourself project....
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