Unboxing the Snapdragon Flight

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I got my hands on the Snapdragon Flight Development kit.  Thought I'd start with it by an unboxing video; this is what the kit comes with.  This drone project will be tied into the other work I've been doing by making a VR app that controls it.  I'm going to start doing a few videos along the way to give better access to what I'm doing and how.  I'll also open source the entire project.

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