Drones for the jobs that put people at risk

I build, fly and explain drones: how a frame is designed, how motors and props are sized, and how to fly within India's Drone Rules. Notes and builds, shared as I learn.

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What I share

Practical drone engineering, explained simply. Everything here is my own build or from public sources.

Build

Frame design

Arm length, layout (True-X, Stretched-X), materials, and why a frame cracks where it does.

Size

Motors & props

Thrust-to-weight, KV, cell count and prop size: picking a propulsion set that matches the job.

Fly

Flight logs

Test flights, tuning notes and what went wrong, so you can skip my mistakes.

Learn

Rules made simple

Drone Rules 2021, Digital Sky, UIN and the Remote Pilot Certificate, in plain words.

About

I'm A. Praveen, a mechanical engineer from Visakhapatnam, now in Hyderabad. I started building drones in college and won 2nd prize at Aviskara 2023 (Raghu Engineering College) with a drone inspection project.

Drones for Life is my personal project: a place to learn in public and to show how drones can take people out of dangerous work.

  • Since 2023
  • Based in Hyderabad, India
  • Focus Multirotor design, propulsion sizing, safe flying
  • Status Personal project, not a registered company

Flying safely

Every flight shown here follows India's Drone Rules, 2021.

Drones over 250 g need a Unique Identification Number (UIN) on Digital Sky, and their pilot a Remote Pilot Certificate from a DGCA-authorised school. Always check the Digital Sky airspace map (green, yellow, red zones) before you fly. Build notes on this site are for learning; they are not a certification that a design is safe to fly.

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New builds and notes go up on Instagram first. For anything else, write to me.

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