For those of us who have been builders for years this is a strikingly odd request.
Before the mass production of flying things, it was considered quite normal that - assuming you could retrieve the parts, everything you built was renewable.
I’ve been building flying things for 30 years and counting - since I was a young kid. Mostly planes, but also a couple of quad copters and other wacky things.
I’ve become used to the following mantra in this hobby: “Build, fly, crash, build, fly, crash..”
This is why it’s been fairly disappointing to see the AOL’ification of drone flying in the last few years. You kids with your fancy plastic junk are missing one of the most important aspects of the flight hobbyist world: build.
So it’s kind of a weird position to be answering this question, because I feel it’s born of a kind of consumer ignorance for how things work.
It’s really not hard to build your own drone - and once you crash it, it’s really not hard to build your own drone.. with a bit of flying in there too of course, or at least one would hope.
If you want to learn this key aspect of the flying hobby, a great place to start is that stalwart of flying things on the internet: http://rcgroups.com/
Build your own drone! Crash the thing! Build it again! That is the true value of the hobby - the development of recovery and rejuvenation skills. With a bit of flying in there as well...
Thanks for your response. As drones crash, sometimes they create plastic debris. I would love to build something myself but I don't have the resource to do so at the moment.
I'm looking to fly a drone over the ocean and don't want it to litter in case it crashes and I won't be able to retrieve it in time.
Structural components can be built from light wood, like Balsa [1]. This migh be possible for the rotors too. I'm not sure a ready-made drone exists, but you could build this yourself.
Before the mass production of flying things, it was considered quite normal that - assuming you could retrieve the parts, everything you built was renewable.
I’ve been building flying things for 30 years and counting - since I was a young kid. Mostly planes, but also a couple of quad copters and other wacky things.
I’ve become used to the following mantra in this hobby: “Build, fly, crash, build, fly, crash..”
This is why it’s been fairly disappointing to see the AOL’ification of drone flying in the last few years. You kids with your fancy plastic junk are missing one of the most important aspects of the flight hobbyist world: build.
So it’s kind of a weird position to be answering this question, because I feel it’s born of a kind of consumer ignorance for how things work.
It’s really not hard to build your own drone - and once you crash it, it’s really not hard to build your own drone.. with a bit of flying in there too of course, or at least one would hope.
If you want to learn this key aspect of the flying hobby, a great place to start is that stalwart of flying things on the internet: http://rcgroups.com/
Build your own drone! Crash the thing! Build it again! That is the true value of the hobby - the development of recovery and rejuvenation skills. With a bit of flying in there as well...