These days drones are buzzing, not only in the skies, but throughout the maker community! Makers' love affair with drones is easy to understand: it has all the trademarks of the maker movement. From open source hardware, robotics (like sensors), cameras, to innovative applications to solve real-world problems, drones are fun and functional. In Volume 44 of Make:, the editors dive into the red-hot world of quadcopters, with drone builds and inspired aerial activities.In this issue:
* Build the maker hangar R/C tricopter
* 3D print a quadcopter
* How to waterproof your drone
* Setting up an FPV drone race
* Pilot's checklist
Projects include:
* DIY carbon fiber acoustic guitar
* Singing plasma-arc speaker
* 3D printable electric motor
* Easy infinity mirror
* Clone a fig tree
* Raspberry Pi super security camera