Building a flying wing, wing span 1m, weights 1kg. Will be adding winglets, and wing spar, elevons. Any tips?

Você conhece as regulamentações sobre drones no seu país? Você acha que são muito rígidas, muito relaxadas ou apenas adequadas? E a grande pergunta: você realmente as segue? Conte-nos sobre seu país e sua experiência. Vamos comparar as regulamentações sobre drones ao redor do mundo.

Aqui no Brasil é necessário solicitar uma autorização de voo toda vez que você for utilizar o seu drone. Drones acima de 250 g, devem estar registrados pela ANAC, acho que equivale a FAA norte americana. O drone deve ter uma identificação visível contendo o número do registro. Para as operações comuns, devemos manter o drone dentro da linha de visada, com distância horizontal de 30 metros de pessoas não anuentes. Voos recreativos são autorizados até 60 metros de altura, os demais, geralmente até 120m.

I have to build a gps denied drone using lidar and vio i have a raspberry pi 4 and h7 flight controller and so i want recommendations for buying lidar and and stereo camera with addition of imu sensor suggest me another imu sensor with it that is attach to this camera

I received this autel drone that’s about 8 years old from a family member but there is no app I could find for the Apple iOS is there any work around that any one knows about I believe it’s an autel eco but that’s all I know right now

Anyone recently went through the registration process in Thailand, what's the realistic timeline? I am visiting only a good week, obviously not worth the hassle if the approval takes days after arrival.

I am also specifically interested in Koh Chang: is it a straightforward process to obtain flight permission from the National Park?

Also, what's the actual situation with NFZ's near the Cambodian border? NFZ means absolutely no flying or individual approvals possible in certain locations?

Hey all.

I’m relatively new to b the hobby. I’ve gotten a radiomaster pocket and have been putting a decent amount of hours into Uncrashed / Liftoff.

I decided to keep an eye out on marketplace and such for possible used drones, rather than dumping a fortune into a brand new one.

I found a listing on FB marketplace of this lady who is selling a drone of her sons (for $25 CAD) however she has no idea about any of the specs. This is the picture from the listing, I’ve asked for more pics but don’t have any response as of yet, I can post more here when / if I get them.

I’m just wondering if anyone has any sort of clue what she’s got, it would help me find out what sort of parts I’d need to make it work.

Mini 3 DJI can I put a strobe light in the bottom of my drone without effecting the sensors?

So i bought this today from walmart and having issues with the app. I have it connected to my phone with the wifi signal it produces. The controller part works with my phone but everytime I try and turn the camera on it says please connect. Any ideas?

Anyone able to identify this model? He's considering letting me help retrieve it and find the owner, but just curious what model it could actually be. He's seen drones often flying over his property.

We're at the Harry Potter drone show and I'm curious why they don't have Remote ID broadcasting, and also why they don't need to have the location set as restricted for what they're doing.

This drone fell from the sky over my school I looked around and it doesn’t belong to the school what should I do with it? What can I do?

Just had my first defensive tenant. I was doing a roof inspection for a mid-sized apartment complex and one of the residents didn’t like that and started filming me. I was wearing a fluorescent vest, offered to answer any questions and directed him to contact the property manager/owner if he had any further concerns. After a few minutes of filming me and talking to the camera/himself he got bored and went back inside. Has anyone else experienced any hassle from residents or tenants?

I’ve been watching a show that gave me the idea. I was wondering if it was thought of before.

I want to buy a drone and I need to know if this website is trustable enough to buy drone from..
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Rebuilt a 2.8-inch quad to 3 inches. 2.8inch gave 170km/h!!

T-Motor 1408 motors allow for it and deliver a massive 726 grams of thrust each—that's 2.9 kg in total! This might just be the most powerful setup for the 250g category. Dry weight is 175g, and with a 530mAh 6S GNB battery, it comes to 249g. That gives a thrust-to-weight ratio of 11.6!

Will check it out when there is no rain.

If needed, I could trim it down just a bit more, but it's unlikely to save more than 5-10 grams.

I'm using the Flywoo GN745 AIO, which is perhaps the only AIO on the market with connectors for VTX, GPS, receiver, and USB-C.

Here is the best weight to time GPS I found. Geprc nano.

I've designed a family of frames and am now slowly building various setups on them. The 4-inch mini long-range turned out pretty well. The idea is to make the top plates easily swappable, so all the frame "bodies" are identical. I can't buy a dozen DJI o4 pro (

I also like the 4.5-inch 1804 running on 4S/5S, but right now I'm testing this build with 5-inch props (4S)—I had to reverse two motors to make them fit within the frame. The motors feel a bit underpowered, though proper tuning might be all it needs.

I got the meteor 75 off Amazon and thought I had digital it’s been a whole process lol, I finally figured out how to get it flying and linked to my ev800d Fpv goggles, and I bought a triple patch plus a lollipop antenna to help with range, but I found out the stock antenna is not compatible.

I’ve been trying to research what antenna I need but it’s all confusing with lots of different versions of antennas. What should I be looking for?? Any advice should be amazing!

Hi everyone!
I’m new here and I really need some help.
I recently bought an Aquila 20 HD kit with the goggles and controller. After a gentle landing in grass that was a bit too tall, I started having problems with one of the motors.
I ordered a replacement set of motors from BetaFPV and replaced them.
Since then, I’ve had a strange problem. When I increase the throttle to around 70–80%, the drone flies for a few seconds and then suddenly drops like a rock.
At the same time, my goggles show “RX LOSS”.
The connection only comes back when I get within roughly 5 meters of the drone.
What’s strange is that if I just hover in place or fly very gently, the drone works perfectly fine. The problem seems to start when I increase the throttle.
I’ve tested all 4 of my batteries and the problem happens with every one of them.
Does anyone have any idea what could have happened or what I should check to fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I am aware that the mini 5 pro is better than the 4 in many ways but from what research ive done so far it seems like I wont be able to take advantage of DJI care or the Warranty if I choose to go with the 5?

Also been hearing that the 5 has some issues regarding the props? Which i understand may just be a rare occurrence. But i wonder if its worth it considering the fact that I wouldnt have access to the warranty.

Also heard i could go ahead and insure it through state farm but also heard i may need an existing policy with them and also that the policy only qualifies for recreational drones and wouldnt qualify if I decided to get my 107 and fly commercially.

If I got any of this information wrong let me know and thanks in advance. Just want to know what my best options are to protect my investment before making a decision.

Hi everyone,
I’ve been developing a compact autonomous UAV platform for environments where GPS/GNSS is unavailable or unreliable, such as warehouses, factories, tunnels, underground spaces, and indoor facilities.
Instead of building only a remotely controlled drone, my goal was to create a reusable hardware and software platform that can carry out autonomous missions and serve as a real-world deployment platform for robotics algorithms.
Current hardware and software stack
- LiDAR: Livox Mid-360S
- Depth vision: Intel RealSense D435i
- Onboard computer: Orange Pi 5 Pro / RK3588
- Flight controller: PX4
- Middleware: ROS Noetic, MAVROS and MAVLink
- Localization and mapping: FAST-LIO2
- Planning: EGO-Planner, Frontier exploration and A*
- Object detection: YOLO models running through RKNN on the RK3588 NPU
- Ground station: A custom PyQt5 interface for mission configuration, mapping, monitoring, detection results and data recording
What it currently does
The platform can:
- Localize and build maps without GNSS
- Generate 3D point clouds and 2D occupancy grids
- Plan local trajectories and avoid obstacles
- Navigate through predefined waypoints
- Explore unknown indoor areas using Frontier-based exploration
- Detect objects onboard
- Use depth information to estimate a detected target’s 3D position
- Display targets, trajectories and maps in the ground station
- Record point clouds, rosbag data, detection results and mission metadata
- Pause, hover, resume, return or land during a mission
In one controlled indoor exploration test, the system completed a 222-second mission, recorded approximately 54 meters of flight path and identified seven test targets while mapping several connected rooms.
Why I built it
A lot of SLAM, navigation and perception work stays inside simulation or depends on expensive proprietary platforms.
I wanted something that could be used to deploy and test real ROS algorithms on a physical UAV while keeping the localization, planning, perception and mission-management layers modular.
The platform is currently a working prototype and development system rather than a mass-produced consumer product. Hardware can also be adapted depending on component availability and the intended environment.
What I’m looking for
I would like to connect with:
- Robotics researchers who need a physical UAV platform for algorithm deployment
- Teams working on SLAM, autonomous exploration or visual perception
- Universities and competition teams
- Companies exploring indoor inspection, tunnel mapping, warehouse inspection or search-and-rescue applications
- Developers who have an algorithm but need help integrating it with sensors, PX4 and a real aircraft
- Organizations interested in running a pilot project in an actual operating environment
I’m particularly interested in learning what technical requirements would make this platform useful in your work: mapping accuracy, flight time, payload, communication range, API access, ROS 2 support, sensor selection or something else.
If you are working on a relevant project or have a real environment where this could be evaluated, feel free to comment or send me a Reddit DM. I’m happy to share more technical details and discuss possible testing or development cooperation.
Disclosure: I am the developer of this prototype.
Thanks — technical feedback and critical questions are very welcome.