{"id":31,"date":"2017-11-01T10:58:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T14:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2019-10-11T13:02:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T17:02:24","slug":"first-build","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/first-build\/","title":{"rendered":"First Build"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>Quadcopter Design<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/uav\/files\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-06-at-2.37.50-PM.png\" alt=\"Finished Quad\" width=\"989\" height=\"502\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-200 \" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/files\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-06-at-2.37.50-PM.png 1560w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/files\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-06-at-2.37.50-PM-636x323.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/files\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-06-at-2.37.50-PM-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/files\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-06-at-2.37.50-PM-1024x520.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 989px) 100vw, 989px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Your first project is to build\u00a0a\u00a0quadcopter from scratch, and program it to fly. If you&#8217;re new, this page will guide you through the various steps required to build a drone and provide you with the tools to undertake future projects or\u00a0work on our advanced builds.<\/p>\n<p>Before beginning, new members should create or be assigned to groups of 3-4 people and get approved by the E-board. It is important to maintain contact with all the members to reach all the deadlines.<\/p>\n<p>This year we will also be hosting a hackathon as well as various other events. The winner of the final competition gets to take their drone home, while the rest will be kept at the lab. The rubric for the competition will come out soon and will be available at the Step 5 page.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/first-build\/step1\/\">Step 1: Design your frame<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/first-build\/step2\/\">Step 2: Build your frame<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/first-build\/step3\/\">Step 3: Add electrical components to the body<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/first-build\/step4\/\">Step 4: Program control<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/first-build\/step5\/\">Step 5: Fly your drone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quadcopter Design Your first project is to build\u00a0a\u00a0quadcopter from scratch, and program it to fly. If you&#8217;re new, this page will guide you through the various steps required to build a drone and provide you with the tools to undertake future projects or\u00a0work on our advanced builds. Before beginning, new members should create or be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14144,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/uav\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}