Building this drone was an individual project. We were required to assemble the frame and solder the components together. Since the parts were cheap and very prone to defects many components would have to be replaced frequently, and I became somewhat of an expert at trouble-shooting this vehicle. I also had to solder and re-melt parts frequently and I feel that I became pretty decent at soldering through this project.
Once the drone was assembled and soldered we used the program "Librepilot" in order to program the drone. The program is pretty straightforward and it was easy to use. After the drone was assembled and programmed we performed flight tests. These tests included making sure that the drone could fly for the entirety of the battery life (about 20 minutes), the drones ability to carry a small payload, the cruising speed of the drone, and taking vibration measurements.
