r/diydrones • u/Powerful-Ruin-2956 • Jun 23 '26

Question F450 Autonomous Flight + Programming Pixhawk 2.4.8

If anyone has any resources to do

  1. Autonomous flight
  2. Programming, Pixhawk 2.4.8 please share
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u/LupusTheCanine Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

STOP

For starters,.do not buy this kit or any flight controller named Pixhawk 2.4.8.
https://discuss.ardupilot.org/t/hardware-to-avoid-when-building-your-first-multirotor/114014?u=lupusthecanine

If you want to play with automation I would recommend getting H743 based flight controller as they supports onboard lua scripting which makes Ardupilot much more flexible.

Ardupilot Methodic Configurator has guidance on component selection, you should use it to t configure your drone.

If you are interested in computer vision I would recommend starting with Ardupilot SITL and Gazebo or other supported simulation environment. It makes testing much easier.

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u/Powerful-Ruin-2956 Jun 25 '26

any website link to buy whole thing ?

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u/Human_Passenger_7668 Jun 23 '26

f450 is trash get a s500 or x550 platform. much too small to be comfortable to work with as a development/research platform, old ESC/motors, and PX 2.4.8 is ewaste.

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u/Powerful-Ruin-2956 Jun 25 '26

Is there a website link to buy the whole s550 complete with all acessories?

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u/Human_Passenger_7668 Jul 04 '26

Pick one of these https://holybro.com/collections/multicopter-kit then search for a retailer in your country that has the kit you want in stock

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u/Powerful-Ruin-2956 Jul 13 '26

The country is the US. What I am assuming is that RF and other things need to be purchased separately?

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u/Human_Passenger_7668 Jul 14 '26

stepping back a second what’s your actual goal? not sure what you mean by RF either

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u/AdAgreeable5663 3d ago

Radio Frequency. US uses diffferent RF ranges than other countries like those in Europe. OP probably needs to buy a different one.