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Building your own drone can be very rewarding as an experience. Of course, if you want to get flying straight away, there are plenty of off-the-shelf aircraft which are surprisingly cost-effective, especially during "the holidays." But nothing quite compares to the pride, or educational value, of building your own aircraft.
1. Ready-made drone with educational credentials
If you're interested in the educational value of a drone, perhaps take a look at the Ryze Tello, effectively a DJI product, first. It won't win any awards for its photography (the camera is built into the body, not stabilized), but it's capable of flips, somersaults, and general safe indoor flight directly from your phone so there's all the tech from the original AR.Drone but it's a lot easier to fly it inside the average home since it's palm-sized.
2. Built for general flying / lowest cost
The best example of this is the one featured in both editions of my books (sorry, I know), which we called the Tamesky 1. There are detailed building instructions in the book, and obviously I'd appreciate it if you'd consider buying it (it's usually pretty cheap on Amazon, follow this link to check).
3. Kit-built for racing
I intend to find a few more examples, and there is one on the 2nd edition of The Complete Guide to Drones (yeah, yeah…), but kits built with light carbon-fibre frames give you the opportunity to build something a little stronger and better suited to high-speed flying can also be found on mainstream retailers like Amazon.
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Tamesky & Adam Juniper
Adam Juniper is a professional writer and publisher who is the author of The Complete Guide to Drones and The Drone Pilot's Handbook. He is director and founder of Tamesky Ltd.
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Email: adam@tamesky.com
Twitter: @adamjuniper