Hello,
I am a high school freshman interested in making my own drone. I've had an interested in airplanes since I was a kid. I want to pursue a career in aeronautics when I get older and thought building a drone would be an interesting project to do.
The drone just has to be very simple, I just want it to be able to fly on its own and take some pictures. Now, I was wondering if it is possible to build the entire drone from scratch. I mean build everything from the airframe, to program the autopilot my self. I will use an iPhone to take the photos, and I saw a video of someone using the Lego Mindstorms NXT as the autopilot (I was thinking of doing the same thing).
I have very little experience in programming and have never done any project like this before. Would it be possible for someone of my skill level to even do this? Are there any resources, or tutorials which could be of any use? What materials and tools will I need to buy? Keep in mind that I would like to spend as little money as possible.
Thanks in advance
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