Building a sub 250g Autonomous Drone with Ardupilot and ExpressLRS AirPort Telemetry

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Building a sub 250g Autonomous Drone with Ardupilot and ExpressLRS AirPort Telemetry

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Basement Creations

Күн бұрын

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@BasementCreationsChannel 16 күн бұрын

To all the people asking about my RC radio software, it's a Flysky FS-I6X model running OpenI6X firmware. OpenI6X is a special version of OpenTX that can be flashed to this particular radio. I have been using it for about 2 years now and it really brought a new life to this old champ. It's been working flawlessly, but the gimbals on this unit aren't very precise so I will probably swap it for a Radiomaster soon. I won't be making any tutorials about this software, because there are already tons of them on KZfaq, just go search for it. Also visit OpenI6X Github page to learn more.

@scottbattaglia8595 8 күн бұрын

I was just going to leave an angry comment how ardupilot firmware won't fit on any damn speedybee flight controller like the one you had shown, there are a few H743 flight controllers like mateksys h743 mini or the hollybro's kaukute or whatever they call it but yea, my elrs Rx is built into the jumper t pro V2 I'm using, I guess I would just cough up the $70 for a new flight controller with full ardupilot firmware support. The mateksys ditched the mpu6000 with a bit of an upgrade, the holybro is still rocking the mpu6000 but both got 2gb flash and full size onboard ardupilot, just saying would have made things a touch easier from the get go probably.....but yea interesting way of accomplishing it if you have an external Rx elrs and a flight controller that can't run ardupilot itself. Pretty awesome, All hail Mavlink!

@trotyl1432 3 сағат бұрын

How much did this whole project cost?

@ChadKovac Ай бұрын

The countdown to my small autonomous drone patrol army has begun. ;)

@ibrahimozgursucu3378 Ай бұрын

You're not alone :-)

@lionnelmurimi651 Ай бұрын

Now to add a wireless charging feature and it will be completely autonomous. later add some machine learning for it to loiter and observe when things stop for long enough along the patrol route

@kotnapromke 12 күн бұрын

@@lionnelmurimi651 И потом добавьте функцию сброса. Чтобы дрон убивал флашеттами тех кто будет на дороге патрулирования. Скайнет готов.

@Rishabh2768 10 күн бұрын

Hell yeah

@XiaolinDraconis Күн бұрын

Wireless charging pads, set a route that brings em back to the pad for charging and get a whole squad in rotation.

@mondrider994 Ай бұрын

Potrzebujemy więcej takiego kontentu w polsceee

@replicon66 Ай бұрын

From Romania, I totally agree with you.

@technicalsupport6983 Ай бұрын

I made a custom 10 inch drone (ardupilot flash in it)with SpeedyBee stack and it is as much stable as DJI ... 55 min hover time with molicell p45B batt.

@BasementCreationsChannel Ай бұрын

That's really impressive flight time man!

@Jpilgrim30 Ай бұрын

That’s awesome. I have a couple of old quads with NAZA v2 FC that I just don’t trust anymore and this seems like a perfect solution. My very first build ever was an APM 2.6 and that thing was rock solid. I didn’t even know this was a possibility. Do you think it would do good with a 680 sized quad with 15” props? I’d love to get that quad and my old TBS discovery back in the air reliably.

@technicalsupport6983 Ай бұрын

@@Jpilgrim30 go to mamba H7 flight controller Gives you goosebumps..... All setup with this flight controller is good....

@Janezeng-v9z 29 күн бұрын

awesome! do you need PCB supplier?

@thinkflight 14 күн бұрын

Did not know ELRS was putting out Mavlink now, great news! Awesome project.

@BasementCreationsChannel 9 күн бұрын

Thanks man! I will be testing experimental Mavlink-RC soon. It sends both telemetry and RC on just one ELRS link, similar to crossfire. Could be fun😉

@TheLordSamoht Ай бұрын

Definitely interested in the swarm mode! The mothership deployment method is very intriguing! I look forward to seeing more of your videos!

@BasementCreationsChannel Ай бұрын

Dropping drones from a mothership is definitely one of the most interesting projects I ever did, and I had a total blast while working on it😄. I also had a lot footage from this project and it's all posted on my Patreon now, so feel free to take a look. However it wasn't really a proper swarm, so I am really excited to test it now when I have all the hardware to do so

@cprcprcpr Ай бұрын

more ELRS Airport is needed in youtube! :) Well done and keep it up

@artisticyeti22 Ай бұрын

Truly. This is the first time I've heard of it

@djsolstice8964 Ай бұрын

Oh fuckin tell me about! Mavlink and ELRS ... match made in heaven

@ahaveland 20 күн бұрын

I was playing with Ardupilot in 2014 with a 700mm CF quad and pixhawk. It weighs a couple of kilos so I haven't used it since laws were made and miss the fun I had making BVLOS missions. Good to see that things have improved since with miniaturization and that they solve the waypoint glitching as the copter flies through it! Tempting to get back into it again on a smaller but still useful scale.

@kiq4767 2 күн бұрын

>laws

@ahaveland 2 күн бұрын

@@kiq4767 2014 was before there were drone laws

@badrulhisyamo 25 күн бұрын

is a great project🎉.. basically, theres company do this stuff BUT with keep it secret how their done it and what components ande all setting they use. u do a great job to make many others people think abt this project. it just like kind open others people mind and think together and inovate together. keep it up. to think that, i just say adding an sensor will make the quad became more precise of the location. height sensor, visual sensor and others. congrats again you make the door opened to the world.

@OpenEggs 28 күн бұрын

A video where the quadcopter follows you would be cool, One when you can throw it to autonomous flight and then guide it with voice commands would be legendary.

@bashkillszombies 26 күн бұрын

So any DJI drone, minus the voice commands. The drone would never hear you over it's engines, so you'd still need a controller unfortunately. But amusing people who want to waste money on consooming Chinese junk isn't the focus of the drone world. It's the pointy tip of the spear of modern warfare.

@OpenEggs 24 күн бұрын

@@bashkillszombies Voice commands to a control device that relays that information to the quad-copter would work

@BeachbumfromBrick 24 күн бұрын

I heard nail polish works. I saw a good builder like you build a POPSICLE STICK drone! Shaved down arms for lighter. Nail polish for strengthening

@freedomisfromtruth 21 күн бұрын

The radio control is Flysky, but should prolly be Flyski. They are looking for you from the east, to work their drones. Excellent setup

@stratos7755 Ай бұрын

14:20 There is a new feature in the main branch (and will release in v3.5) that is specifically made for this. It allows you to have mavlink and controls with single tx/rx pair.

@jaredwhite4955 28 күн бұрын

Do you have any links or documentation to support this configuration?

@stratos7755 28 күн бұрын

@@jaredwhite4955 can't send links on KZfaq. It's a pull request 2753 on the elrs github.

@swissfreek 25 күн бұрын

Yeah this is critical to truly be a useful feature in my mind. Figured it was only a matter of time since CrossFire has supported using the RC control link to receive Mavlink telemetry and rebroadcast over first Bluetooth, then WiFi for many years.

@ddegn Ай бұрын

The shorter you capacitor leads the better. Ideally, you'd want the cap right up against the ESC. Fantastic project and video. Thanks for sharing your work with us.

@BasementCreationsChannel Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@jaysonrees738 25 күн бұрын

I really should learn to use Ardupilot. It just has so many powerful features to take advantage of. Thanks for your demonstration!

@TONY...GTB6 Ай бұрын

That's really cool. I would love to have that on a long range drone

@fronbasal Ай бұрын

What an amazing project... thank you so much for sharing! Lots of love to the Netherlands from Germany

@mike_oe Ай бұрын

Thank you, I have been waiting for ELRS telemetry!!!!

@gastonnogues Ай бұрын

Love that all that fancy stuff that is way above my skill level is stuck on a flysky transmitter🤯

@rolosaenz Ай бұрын

i use to have one of those FLY SKY radios !! ohhh those memories

@Delwin_Cardozo_27 Ай бұрын

You just answered all of my questions🙌.... Very nice dude🙌🙌

@BasementCreationsChannel Ай бұрын

Glad I could be helpful🙂

@nelo4047 Ай бұрын

Based and dronepilled

@royjones1053 Ай бұрын

Ardupilot is a great open source project

@galaxygames3216 8 күн бұрын

11:54 bro ur thumb on life support ong

@BOTGRINDER Ай бұрын

hell yeah

@MasterOfHalo25 6 күн бұрын

omg that is so beautiful build, i immediately subscribed

@maheshwardev8387 Күн бұрын

This is a great project thanks for sharing. Waiting for the swarm mode.

@ruim8590 3 күн бұрын

amazing video, thanks!

@MorningView Ай бұрын

Awesome....two receivers of course!

@jaredwhite4955 Ай бұрын

This is awesome information. Thank you for showing that ExpressLRS has AirPort telemetry features to transmit and receive data to and from a control station. I already have most of these components on hand and want to experiment with these features. I am curious to see if I can adapt this to my work.

@AnotherTrucking 24 күн бұрын

Brilliant, instant sub impressive with that hand launch start

@MohammadAdib Ай бұрын

Have you heard of ELRS Mavlink-RC? Its airport + rc all in one. Would have solved all your problems man

@mjodr Ай бұрын

I was wondering why he used two RX/TX. I thought it could all be on one link now. At least that's what I was seeing in the ELRS Discord like 6+ months ago in testing.

@BasementCreationsChannel Ай бұрын

That's next on my to do list! Just gotta figure out how to set it up

@mikahidiot2614 17 күн бұрын

This is seriously awesome. Will watch more of this if you make it, looking forward to more polish.

@smartrobotshop-wecare9387 22 күн бұрын

The best introduction DIY FPV drone❤

@dragonfly-7 20 күн бұрын

Absolutely AWESOME !!! Thanks for all the tips along the whole project !

@AerialWaviator Ай бұрын

Fantastic project that's very inspiring. Nice demo of features in Ardupilot and EpressLRS to enable MavLink telemetry. Lots of great information, nicely organized. Having four of these drones configured with LEDs and telemetry opens some interesting opportunities for follow-on projects/demos. Some suggestions:: - fly drone in evening and use camera with long exposure to capture light paths as drone(s) fly a mission path and change LED colours, relative to position - use two drones to carry a small banner/flag, with string between - have camera drone follow a second drone. think would require sharing gps telemetry.

@BasementCreationsChannel Ай бұрын

Thanks! And those are some great ideas, I will make sure to test some of them in the future

@JohnCorrUK Ай бұрын

Congratulations on winning 🇵🇱drone competition and a great project 👏

@claytoncavalcante9130 Ай бұрын

Awesome build! Congrats!

@hi_desert_rat Ай бұрын

Awesome work!

@FrancisPeter-it7gb 17 күн бұрын

It's quite complex and cool, love it ❤

@seanbuford987 Ай бұрын

Yes please do a swarm video with following tracers lights so it looks like an in motion freeze frame to motion and then make it look like it takes off like a lightning bolt "special effect ".

@jacobdavidcunningham1440 Ай бұрын

oh man that throw was sick

@BasementCreationsChannel Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@hazonku 27 күн бұрын

This thing is so awesome! Looking forward to content on swarming.

@fpv-geek Ай бұрын

Great video! Nice work, especially winning first place. Looking forward to seeing more of your builds!

@rayondinanath4536 18 күн бұрын

Nice project man. Keep it up. Love what you are doing

@birendrakumar-gl5gq Ай бұрын

Well explained, great video.

@MsDidits 7 сағат бұрын

Nice Info

@fridolineckerd6135 Ай бұрын

This is so impressive! Well done

@altermannfliegt3927 Ай бұрын

Congrats to the winner 🏆

@BasementCreationsChannel Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@TërnocBesa 11 күн бұрын

Great work love that kind of stuff. +Sub. 🦅🦅 Would love to see a low cost mini 4k clone build in the future.

@matthewanderson6254 19 күн бұрын

Great work brother, really enjoyed ur video. Smart guy🙏

@GabrielDeVault Ай бұрын

What an incredibly informative and well thought out video! Figuring out a way to do all of this with a single radio link would seem to be the next step

@techstuff6829 Ай бұрын

ELRS offers "MAVLink" mode which enables RC control and bidirectional MAVLink over a single link. You lose Yaapu though currently.

@user-er5sb9ju9h 25 күн бұрын

it's a really good project, awesome

@blkmsk_fpv 23 күн бұрын

Thanks brother. Need to learn this!

@extremeboatdockingmedia Ай бұрын

Throw mode?! 👏👏👏👏

@MMauser98 Ай бұрын

Wpadł sub, bardzo dobry content!

@BasementCreationsChannel Ай бұрын

Dzięki!

@mlentsch 9 күн бұрын

word - subbed

@Sulaiman-xn4oq Ай бұрын

Nice work

@fleurbird 18 күн бұрын

Amazing build!

@diggsit69 Ай бұрын

This dude is ridiculously smart! 🧐

@shubhammaurya205 Ай бұрын

Awesome. Do the next on swarm flight. Waiting for it

@mlem567 Ай бұрын

wow just brilliant. nice engineering.

@royjones1053 Ай бұрын

Best regards from the open source community

@clintondeguara2709 Ай бұрын

smart frame design nice positioning of the electronics would help with interference on the drone its self nice work

@royjones1053 Ай бұрын

Thanks

@Fernando-ke2nr Ай бұрын

Yes. 😊

@sudeeptamishra366 Ай бұрын

Congratulations... Very good video and explanation.

@captaindronieversefpv Ай бұрын

Very great job broo

@Forlgore 28 күн бұрын

And lets add motion sensor on the ground that informs the drone if they are triggered to let the drone fly to the area where the motion sensor is to scout the area.

@voxtelnismo Ай бұрын

Magnificent work.

@dewetterblanche8898 22 күн бұрын

a video about the following function would be cool

@user-vi5tp4xd8i 28 күн бұрын

love it!

@AyomidePopoola-kr7qz Ай бұрын

Thanks for the awesome video. I would love it if you would overlay some text descriptions when you're calling out part names or some technical words for us that are just coming up in the drone space. Thanks very much again for all the info and the links in the description.

@dfgaJK 19 күн бұрын

3d printing on a carbon fibre effect build plate works very well to make the frame look like it is carbon fibre

@jumpstartfpv Ай бұрын

Amazing. Very informative video. I hope this is used for good.

@user-im8yv6ne4f 29 күн бұрын

those come in handy...don t feed the demons....keep your license you earned it...good report..

@4EPB Ай бұрын

Dawno nie widziany gość, no elo 😎

@lambo_drives Ай бұрын

Fantastic 👍🏻

@DeadHiccups Ай бұрын

Good job dude.

@neilfpv Ай бұрын

Amazing! I want to try it! :) Thank you for sharing! You earned my sub! :)

@guatemalamini Ай бұрын

Bro u made me change my mind o ardupilot 😍😍

@BasementCreationsChannel Ай бұрын

That's my mission😉

@swissfreek 25 күн бұрын

Very cool project. I’m impressed you got all that functionality out of a sub250g. For me, the requirement to have a complete second RF link (transmitter module and receiver) is a deal-breaker for ELRS Airport mode. I’m sure they will figure it out eventually, but for now I’d prefer to use something like CrossFire that can send Mavlink data to Mission Planner over WiFi using the same module and RX as the RC control link. Also not a perfect solution, but it works.

@laurentazzopardi4756 20 күн бұрын

Great Work, Well Done ;-)

@TheSusssssssss 23 күн бұрын

good job

@sliklp Ай бұрын

Pls more Videos of that Drone

@thebikeracer Ай бұрын

Very Cool!

@andreadellamico1217 Ай бұрын

sharing knowledge is always a beautiful thing , tnx

@user-dl9bu5dt2m Ай бұрын

that's pretty good!

@mikropower01 Ай бұрын

The video is good, but: 3:50 - If you want to increase the stiffness, then simply print the structure a bit different, not so flat. Try it with a U-shape frame or something what looks like pipes, this gives a lot of stability with the same amount of material in comparison to a flat frame structure. With the U-shape or pipe shape of the frame you could hide the cable much better. 4:16 - You could use simply some longer screws for the BLDC motors. Why so complicate? 24:22 - The geo-fence is nice, but 6 distance sensors like the VL53L0XV2 to prevent collisions with humans or a wall or a tree would be useful. But possibly not so easy to add to this software?

@loleklolkowski8567 Ай бұрын

Great project, just a heads up, ELRS supports mavlink telemetry over the Rc link directly, so the second receiver was not neccesary. It does require some playing around but i managed to get it working.

@BasementCreationsChannel Ай бұрын

Hi! You know what, mavlink-rc is exactly what I want to test next, but I couldn't find any good documentation. Can you share some details on how you got it working and on which hardware?

@loleklolkowski8567 27 күн бұрын

@@BasementCreationsChannel the documentation is still being created as this has not been merged into current ELRS version but i would be happy to help you set it up.

@5mxg Ай бұрын

Zajefajne!

@FrontierNG Ай бұрын

Very nice project, waiting for you to release more information regarding the frame (model files to print), so that I can try building my own. Subscribed :)

@BasementCreationsChannel Ай бұрын

Thanks! The files are already in the description

@AIGeneratedMusic-k3c Ай бұрын

Very fascinating 🤗😎

@Ray88G Ай бұрын

This could be great as a security drone who is constantly circling a building or something else

@srimmanresourceindustries7631 26 күн бұрын

Hi brother... I am from India ... The content is very good and informative ... A kind request ... Can you make a video to connect raspberry pi with this drone ? Please a kind request from all engineerings from INDIA 🇮🇳