Build A DIY Drone Light Show From Scratch

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Drone light shows used to be just for the big boys, like Intel. Not anymore.
ArduPilot is now capable of performing drone light shows, thanks to SkyBrush.
This means, ANY ArduPilot capable flight controller can become a drone light show drone. Including a Pixhawk 2.4.8 (as we used in this video).
I thought this would be an impossible project, but it really wasn't that difficult.
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If you want to follow along with the exact parts and software I used in this video, check out our blog post
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This project will work with any Pixhawk + Raspberry Pi drone. If you want to use the exact same drone I'm using, check out our PiHawk drone kits.
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0:00 Introduction
6:39 Building The LED Attachment
17:30 Securing LEDs To The Drone
25:37 First Night Time Flight
27:48 MAVLink Networking
29:19 Skybrush GCS And RTK
33:26 Single Drone Light Show Mission
39:43 10 Drone Light Show Mission
55:59 Postmortem And Conclusion

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@vtecfred4796 3 ай бұрын

When the drones all landed after the show I had to hold back the urge to clap from my computer chair 😅 Awesome!

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Hahah thank you. It was epic. It's 100x crazier in person with the roar of the drones. You would've been freaking out XD

@MithunHR 3 ай бұрын

Lol. The introduction is cool.😂 Now you have made the drone light show possible for most DIY drone community. Awesome!!

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it, @MithunHR!

@wyo_artisan5965 3 ай бұрын

Effin amazing! Great information & video! Thank you for the education!!

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!!

@ayushsharma4401 3 ай бұрын

I appreciate the hard work you put in to make this possible really liked your project and your dedication towards this drone light show project and thank you for making it available for the open source drone community

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked the project, not a problem!

@RamKethar 3 ай бұрын

Wow, great of you to give us all the knowledge to make a drone light show❤

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

No problem! Glad you enjoyed the project!

@grantc8353 3 ай бұрын

Good to see jeans are still alive and well in America. All seriousness this is amazing. Great work.

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

USA USA USA Glad you liked the project!

@dlt074 3 ай бұрын

Great breakdown! That was an exciting time and I had a ton of fun on the ground crew. I can't wait for the next run!

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for helping bro, it was a super totes blast. WE NEED MOAR DRONES

@dlt074 3 ай бұрын

@@thedronedojo let's do it!

@kshitijsingh9992 3 ай бұрын

Awesome man, Love it.

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Glad you like the project!

@jackd6134 3 ай бұрын

VERY COOL. Congratulations on this project! The whole area of applied swarm tech is fascinating.

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Thank you Jack!!! It's super fascinating. Totally an epic feeling to hear the roar of 10 drones at once

@techmontc8360 3 ай бұрын

This is awesome dude, you're the best !

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Appreciate that bro!

@RayKhuboni Ай бұрын

Thanks for a fantastic video. Like the setup process and build.

@thedronedojo 26 күн бұрын

Thank you!

@AnDy-of3mj 3 ай бұрын

I've watched 5 seconds, and I already know you are an absolute legend.

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Hope the post 5 seconds of the vid lived up to the hype!

@highwaltage 3 ай бұрын

now thats some work! well done.

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Thank you sir!

@KTPDAILY 3 ай бұрын

PERFECT VIDEO BRO!!!

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

THANK YOU BRO

@soumitradey8208 3 ай бұрын

Amazing work!!!!

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@PrashantKumar-nz8hq 3 ай бұрын

Awesome work ! appreciate your hardwork

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Not a problem, glad you liked the project!

@PrashantKumar-nz8hq 3 ай бұрын

@@thedronedojo kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z7Jhnc6AmMebn40.htmlsi=FuI4_Sm6LuWWk7kp Check this out , I built this long back indoor drone light show

@Astro__Boy 3 ай бұрын

Great job! Thank's man!

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed the video!

@gsvasanth9077 3 ай бұрын

I learn lot bro and u r rockstar in drone industry and great support

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Thank you man!

@sUASNews 3 ай бұрын

Well done, I predict this is going to be a very popular video

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I'm hoping you're right haha

@emarkinnovations 3 ай бұрын

He is 100% damm right @@thedronedojo

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

I think he is. This is the best Dojo video launch in 3 years@@emarkinnovations

@PankajMali 3 ай бұрын

This is awesome 👏

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Pankaj! Excited to see your next project too!

@AmitSharma-bm2qj 3 ай бұрын

Awesome 👍

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@anthonypsantos 3 ай бұрын

Well done super informative! I have a few questions: 1. Instead of using 7 of the neo pixel boards would it not be more effective to use the 8x8 board and only have the one solder point vs each individual board? 2. Is the need for a controller on each drone necessary ? Would it not be more effective to have them all binded to one controller That way In an event of an emergency it’s one switch. For arming would be the same one switch for all. Great work you’ve have sparked a new project for me!

@fsbollox 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting video how to thanks for your step by step bro

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

No prob man, glad you enjoyed it!

@sarantis2 3 ай бұрын

Bravo

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Airid-eb6wz 3 ай бұрын

Awesome❤❤❤❤❤👍

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Ice-FaceMedia 3 ай бұрын

The Quad that fell hit me on my head , now youre in trouble, just make more video like that we'll call it quits......LOL.....THAT SHIT WAS AWESOME!!! BRO i WANT TO BE APART OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IM READY🏃‍♂🏃‍♂🏃‍♂

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

To avoid taking our lawsuit to court, I agree to your terms in settling out of court to provide more videos like this XD

@NoahkuboPlays 3 ай бұрын

Nice Job and you did really good

@jwilson9266 15 күн бұрын

Bro. We have to meet one day! Thank you for this my guy we are one in the same! Thank you thank you thank you! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

@litojadormeo3201 3 ай бұрын

Interested in these stuffs, will get membership soon.

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Awesome! Let me know if you have any questions

@BrianChu888 3 ай бұрын

Awesome! What is the longest flight time? (I am guessing here) F4 FC with 4s 16850 setup may yield a longer flight time and a smaller drone size, which is better for small size party. We need a better cost effective solution. also, that 8x1 led assemble is such a pain :P . will just a 8x8 do the trick?

@richard9916 3 ай бұрын

Amazing. Great job. I wonder, can it be more tha 10 drones to do the light show? You know 10 drones at a time is just too little to show a figure or even a number in the air.

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Oh for sure you can definitely do more than 10 drones, that's just what I started out with since I had never done it before

@ElectronicsFinder 3 ай бұрын

Well done sir 🫡

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Thank you @ElectronicsFinder!

@stefanivovic 3 ай бұрын

we need more videos !

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Roger that!

@danieldewindt3919 2 ай бұрын

Grate video. Now i finaly get the picture of mavlink and ardupilot What track are you playing true the whole video? Especially at 22minute. Grate addition

@NexWirus 3 ай бұрын

like for the song

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

I'm here for it

@vipulpardeshi2868 3 ай бұрын

Can you make a video on ROS2 with Flight Stack. And which is better supported Ardupilot or PX4?

@gsvasanth9077 3 ай бұрын

RockStar (Superstar ) bro

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

That's high praise

@kavyanshtyagi2563 3 ай бұрын

dammmm thats really awesome ... keep up the good work ... just a small doubt .... can i use telemetry module to connet to diffferent drones and then send commands from a single computer which can reduce the cost of the companion computer .... plus how can i make the size of the drone less and then use them in a drone show

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Good question. The telemetry module can be used but only for controlling a single drone at a time. This system requires a router based MAVLink network to communicate with the ground control station. A smaller drone could work, but you'll likely get less flight time out of it

@kavyanshtyagi2563 3 ай бұрын

@@thedronedojo well thats nice but how can i make a single drone more cheaper? and in a small drone what all components i have to use ? please guide cuz you are the only guy that seems to have knowledge about this stuff

@PankajMali 3 ай бұрын

@@kavyanshtyagi2563 we have our next video on how you can connect multiple drones using just a single ground control station.

@thanhnhanhuynhnguyen3652 Ай бұрын

So cool i have to wear a jacket

@icaerosag 2 ай бұрын

Can you make a video on what components fits best for raspberry pi drones? From the scratch. And could you cover the fundamentals of raspberry pi based drones?

@user-he3wh6ub8d 3 ай бұрын

Yooo long time after

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

You bet

@jaredwhite4955 2 ай бұрын

All these beautiful drones....not so wonderful microphone. You guys provide excellent content and educational information. Fix the audio quality and your channel will boom.

@matiascelis3195 2 ай бұрын

What rtk are you using?

@fsbollox 2 ай бұрын

Is it on the craft or a sti k command

@farooquitaha 9 күн бұрын

What is the development cost of each drone including all components, and what firmware did you use in the flight controller?

@theflyingsandalrc 3 ай бұрын

Did you have to load any software to the Raspberry Pis to make this work or is that for future use?

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

I used MAVProxy and Pymavlink on the raspberry pi to handle the MAVLink networking side of things. The pixhawk and pi are connected with 2 communication channels: UART and MicroUSB. Both channels are used to pass along commands coming from the Skybrush Live GCS

@keronstudor1107 Ай бұрын

Hey, can you help me with a question, What is the weight of one drone?

@captaindronieversefpv 3 ай бұрын

hi sir , Thanks for your video .do you have a tutorial video for build the system ?

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

You bet! We have a bunch of free build videos on our KZfaq, and a 5 hour Build A Raspberry Pi Drone course on our website

@jeffod12 3 ай бұрын

I am super new, and plan to buy the course. What is this RD Pilot or Ardi-Pilot software he mentions?

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Hi there Jeff! ArduPilot is the firmware that runs on the flight controller. It basically tells all the sensors how to fuse together to get a good position estimate. It also updates the motors at 400 times a second to stay level. I'd recommend checking out the Drone Programming Primer first, as that covers all the software like this in detail. After that, go into the How To Build A Raspberry Pi Drone course. Then you're ready for the Drone Light Show course. All of those are included in the Blue Belt program

@syskeyrecords6351 3 ай бұрын

I decided to check out the 6 hour course on your website, but it says that it is closed. Will I still get access to the course when I subscribe to the blue belt membership?

@thedronedojo 2 ай бұрын

Hi there! This has been fixed. All courses are open for enrollment, and all courses are accessible with Blue Belt membership. Email me with any questions! cbergquist@dojofordrones.com

@user-he3wh6ub8d 3 ай бұрын

When searching for a rover that follows gps waypoints using a pixhawk, is it possible to do without a transmitter to send commands? Using the mission planner software

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

It's definitely possible. We did that exact thing in this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nqlknJiFrKiag40.html

@user-he3wh6ub8d 3 ай бұрын

😊

@aeroknightdroneschannel5276 3 ай бұрын

Can you do a DIY power washing drone? I'd buy that kit.

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Not a bad idea, would be a cool project!

@ayushsharma4401 3 ай бұрын

@@thedronedojo make a future video on that if you can

@christopherleveck6835 3 ай бұрын

Can I use the software to fly a couple fixed wing aircraft in a formation with aerobatics?

@LupusMechanicus 3 ай бұрын

With the power of programming you can do anything.

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Hmm I don't think the Skybrush + Ardupilot collab has ported this idea to ArduPlane, but I don't see a technical reason why this wouldn't be possible

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

@LupusMechanicus definitely

@terrencemaduka32 2 ай бұрын

The course is currently closed? Any plans to reopen/open enrollment?

@thedronedojo 2 ай бұрын

Hi there! This has been fixed. All courses are open for enrollment, and all courses are accessible with Blue Belt membership. Email me with any questions! cbergquist@dojofordrones.com

@radekkm1680 3 ай бұрын

please could it also be connected to your MICRO DRONE with Pi ZERO. And how much does everything cost extra? I mean probably just RTK+lighting?

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

The RTK price would be the same. Right now, there's no escaping that. It's about $200 per RTK GPS. Could change in the future. The smaller drones have enough flash on the F405 FC to run, but they'd likely get a much lower flight time than the big drone with the LED payload.

@scratchsatriani 3 ай бұрын

Is here4 rtk base compatible?

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

I think it'd be a difficult base, because the only interface is CAN. Whereas the ArduSimple has USB access. I believe IR-lock also has a selection of base station GPSs as well

@batuhangencaslan3072 3 ай бұрын

Can you share the open source link

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

All of the open source tools used in this project are linked to in our blog post

@jifre-qt3eh 3 ай бұрын

Hi dojo, I want ask you about an open source packages to program the drone using python 3 because dronekit and pymavlink use python 2.7.

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

These programs actually do work with python3 now

@jackd6134 2 күн бұрын

If you join the Dojo there is also discussion about this on the site forum.

@YN3_ 3 ай бұрын

oh man, where did you get this fossil frames?

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Did you see those 'fossil frames' survive a fall from 30 ft?

@YN3_ 3 ай бұрын

@@thedronedojo I'm not saying they're bad, I just saw them on sale last time in 2015-2017

@athiganesh6130 3 ай бұрын

bro why you connect gps to can port you can connect gps port right , is this normal gps

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

The here4 GPS is a CAN gps, so it wouldn't work in the GPS port cause that is serial

@justtubing3719 2 ай бұрын

your site is offline

@jackd6134 3 ай бұрын

(ring... ring... call to local OK PD) I would like to report a UFO. No, I am not crazy and it just landed and I see aliens coming out! Please come quickly. 👽👽👽

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Haha we were thinking how crazy it would be to see the UFO with no context XD

@yuvrajarora9359 2 ай бұрын

Bro why have you used raspberry Pi?

@thedronedojo 2 ай бұрын

the networking to coordinate the local mavlink wifi network. Each drone has a unique static IP so that the GCS can target each individual drone

@yuvrajarora9359 2 ай бұрын

@@thedronedojo can you explain howbto to interface it with flight controler

@MunzeviMuhteriz 2 ай бұрын

Hello, we are university students who will participate in the unmanned drone competition in Turkey. The drone dimensions you made are very suitable for our calculations. Can you sponsor us or give us a discount?

@nickdisney3D 3 ай бұрын

Your website reminds me of those"secrets to make a million dollars!!!" Pdf scam sites from the early internet days... not even trying to be mean, just pointing it out.

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

Really appreciate your feedback, that's amazing!

@jackd6134 2 күн бұрын

Well, I have been using this 'scam' for years with much success. Don't know if I could have progressed as quickly w/o it.

@oracid 3 ай бұрын

💙🤍❤ 🗼

@thedronedojo 3 ай бұрын

ALL LOVE

@hammadiqbal7929 3 ай бұрын

Bro you have done a great job. Literally no words to thank you for this video. I have one request can you plz make a video on how to use router mavlink system in detail? and second request can I get your email ID?