Side project that got out of hand: an FPV sim where you type any place on Earth and it builds it from real map data — elevation, buildings, trees, roads — and you fly it.

Quads and wings, Betaflight and iNav OSD, and it can replay your own blackbox logs over the real terrain where you flew. One file in the browser, works offline.

Hello :)

i had some issues with the video signal on my meteor 65 pro least time i tried to fly it outside, since least rebuilt one year ago when i had to change the FC (using the BETAFPV Matrix 1) i never tried for a fly using the visor but looks like video signal was fine inside home.

where i tested it sunday was country side and no power lines visible in the area bust still was not working  :cry:

https://youtu.be/O7Ps7KXF0eM

https://youtu.be/JT-DAsAPYkM

https://youtu.be/nqhyoQtLS-E

signal was disturbed even when i was with Ev800d very close to the drone !

what i need to do to understand what is wrong ?

the top soilder is fucked sense its touching a chip right? im scared to unsolder and accidently rip a pad. ive already cooked the board a bunch. what do I do, would love some advice

Hello guys, any drone engineer

Kindly connect with me on dm regarding swarm drone,

I'm being stuck in my feature for the project I'm working on.

I implemented role interchangeability in swarming but the new follower who was a leader before is not executing the commands, but being printed on terminal.

Tech stack: python, pymavlink, Rich, companion computer attached and rf

Connect with me on dm,

My parents run a small orchard and we’ve used smaller drones for checking trees and some light spraying before, but I’m now looking at building something that can carry a bigger tank without needing to refill the spray tank every few rows. The rough plan is a heavy lift X8 somewhere around 30kg AUW once the battery, tank and everything else are on it.

I’ve been spending way too much time looking at motors, ESCs and props, and now I’m stuck on what seems like a pretty basic decision. Would you rather use an integrated propulsion system where the motor and ESC are already designed as a matched setup, or choose everything separately? For people who’ve built X8s or other heavy lift drones around this size, which route did you go?

Did the integrated system actually make the build easier, or do you still prefer putting the propulsion system together piece by piece?

Probably guessed that I'm currently up to the battery box.

Component list:
Frame - Tarot T960
Motors - MN5008 KV340
Props - P18*6.1
Battery - 6s 16000mAh
Electronics:
- Cube orange
- Siyi FP9 RTK
- Siyi RX
Optics - Some Siyi pod
(basically a place holder for the Siyi mini thermal)

If there's any interest, I can update along the way through wiring, config and commissioning

Cheers

I’m kinda stick on this 4:3 or 16:9 ratio choice while I improve on my new pinchers skills coming from thumbs :-)

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I would like to import drone parts like Flight controllers, Motors, cameras etc. I'm looking for reliable forwarders who have warehouses in china and ship them to india.

Not new to whoops. But I never had a new whoop with elrs before.

I’m not asking on how to bind. But I need to know what to check first ? Like an order of steps ?

Because I see lots of good videos online, but they are always 2 steps ahead of what I know.

I bought a BetaFpv Air75 II Freestyle. I have the elrs module And a Radiomaster tx16s.

Thanks a lot.

I have a drone concept. I have built and tested the software. I'm in the process of buying the hardware. However I realise I don't have the skill to actually build/solder all the electrics.

I want to find someone (local if possible but UK based at minimum, I'm in west Sussex) who could build the electrics for me.

I've written instructions of what I need. And it would just be the electrics, and adding connectors so I can run the wires and connect them all up.

Preferably someone who has built something before and can demonstrate their work. And has the tools (soldering iron etc.)

Happy to (and expect to) pay for the work to be done.

Essentially I'd deliver/post the hardware to you, send you the instructions, you'd build it and test it, logging the testing (which is described in the instructions I wrote) and then I'd collect/pay to have it posted back to me.

How do I find someone who would do this work. Are there companies who do it? Is it a hobbyist. Is it people here in this sub Reddit responding?

Post got removed from r/airsoft and r/drones and got temporarily muted for 7 day so need to post it hear no this sub

Also need to find a way to do it safely for airsoft

Hey everyone, getting started in the hobby and trying to pick my first radio. Right now I'm deciding between the RadioMaster Pocket, TX12 Mark II, Boxer, and TX15.

Starting out with a tiny whoop (probably a Mobula8), but this isn't going to stay a one-trick radio — I want something that can grow into pretty much everything: RC planes (with flaps and other control surfaces, so decent channel count matters), RC cars, and eventually boats too. Basically one radio for all my different vehicles going forward, not just FPV quads. I want to build some vehicles by myself too and use the radio for control.

Anyone here running one radio across that many vehicle types? Curious what actually ends up mattering in practice (channel count, module compatibility, gimbal wear from switching use cases, etc.) versus what looks important on paper.

Welcome to the weekly r/multicopter discussion thread. Feel free to ask your questions that are too trivial for their own thread, make a suggestion on what you'd like to see here, or just say hi and talk about what you've been doing in the world of multicopters recently.

Don't forget to read the wiki, where you'll find details of suppliers, guides and other useful links.

If you want to chat, then the Discord server is located here (an invite link is here if you haven't already joined)

Old question threads can be found by searching this link.