Where is a good source for drone parts. The one I'm looking for specifically right now is a night vision camera but if the offer other parts that's a plus.

This was the 3rd flight for my 7" drone. I have no idea what caused it to crash like that, luckily the only damage was some bent props. At first I though that I flew out of range but my hardware (Avatar GT2 and a Foxeer ELRS 2.4g receiver) should extend far beyond where I was flying. Currently my theory is that the GT2 caused a brown out. However it is connected to 12V and the OSD recording does not show a sudden spike.

Kermit oh Kermit where art though????????? I have lost my drone without flying it

This is a guy from the ”goofy first drone build” post.

Decided that this goofy flip also belongs here.

Hey everyone, I'm working on a transforming drone project and could really use a sanity check on a mechanical design since my background isn't in ME. I'm trying to figure out the best way to physically implement a specific wheel thruster assembly.

The basic idea is that the outer wheel needs to be driven by a timing belt and pulley setup, but right in the center of this wheel, there needs to be a BLDC flight motor that stays completely stationary while the outer wheel spins around it. On top of that, the three phase wires for that inner BLDC motor need to pass directly through the center of the wheel assembly and route back into the main chassis without twisting or getting tangled when the robot drives on the ground.

I understand the rough concept of keeping the core fixed while the rim spins, but I'm struggling to picture the exact mechanical stack on how to implement it. How would you guys go about implementing this in CAD? Something like these pictures.

Pictures are from ATMO research paper.

How do you think I did for the first 5 inch and first build

Added a high-voltage spark generator to my 5 inch FPV drone, controlled via ELRS & ESP32

the original goal was just learning high-voltage circuits and building a basic arc generator. It eventually evolved into this drone mod as a fun experiment. Just a hobbyist learning project, keeping it safe in the workshop!

I really struggled with a mounts cuz the frame I used was very different from once on the internet. I had to use rulers to measure every detail and that was super inefficient.

Any better ways?

Hey there, I had to fly my drone today and I am sooo happy. It powered by 2200 mah 3 s battery with 2210 1000kv motors and analog camera, mark 9 inch frame.

I am not sure though if I picked optimal components for it, my friend that flew with me had a little smaller drone powered by 6S and half of my batter capacity, but somehow even under very aggressive flying his flight time was 6-8 mins compared to my 4-5 mins.

So I was curious of higher S batteries are more efficient and i should consider switching to them. Please leave me an advice in the comments. Would deeply appreciate your opinion.

I am building a long distance drone for a capstone project and my professor ordered a power board and flight computer separately. I thought that these usually came as a combo or in a stack. I was looking at pitching a combo/stack to him but I wanted some opinions and recs before I go asking. I can list off the other stuff he ordered as well if any of that could help build a better picture.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R3JQ2C9

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CHQ7SZ4

I am just unfamiliar with this set up.

I have access to a 3d printer, composites lab, a metalworking shop and soldering guns and have some CAD knowledge. What should I make vs buy to replicate that drone and do it cheap with the resources I currently have? I know that I would like to 3d print the frame or possibly make it out of carbon.

Reinforced my gps mount so it doesn’t break as easily.

Switched to ethics props instead of the cheap camo ones and noticed a big difference in vibration.

Also got the light working with a button on the back of my radio.

Hopefully I’ll have some actual on board footage soon I’m waiting on a micro sd card for my go pro.

Need a cheap rotor for a tiltrotor drone that can get around 8-12kg thrust, using a 22 inch propeller. Can anybody find an alternative that isn't of Chinese origin?

I am looking for commercial motors in the 60 to 70mm diameter class, 120-200kv. For example the HobbyWing M6215 would work, but it is out of stock. The M6210 is in stock, but slightly undersized for my application. I have never ordered for KDE or other suppliers and I am trying to avoid significant tariffs as well. (USA) Thanks!

I am an EE sophomore, and I want to get into building drones. I have experience with building robots, and I know basic design tools. However, I have no idea where to get started when it comes to drones. I know that there are YouTube videos that help with most of the beginner material, but I want to LEARN this niche.

Found a weak point on my gps mount and got my filter profile perfected for this frame.

I was having a weird fly away issue which is how I broke the gps mount and my motors were getting hot.

Flys super good now with no weird vibration issues or fly away problems.

Hi everyone,
I have been using rapid harness to desing the wiring of a system. Altough the rapid harness software has 95 + million parts from octopart, it looks like a lot of parts are missing. For example any conector from Molex, Hirose and others do not appear. Mostly Deutsch DT Series appear. Has anyone already made some libraries available to share ? Did you made all your needed connectors and parts ?
Thanks in advance for the help.

I am working on a project to do with low temperature batteries. I wanted to analyse how suitable some prototype cells would be for an FPV drone pack.

Is there anywhere where people share their flight log data. Specifically I am looking for data of a 10 inch 6s or 8s drone pack power, voltage and current across a flight using the full capacity of a pack.

2013ish? I think this was the last one sparkfun ran.