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DIY Quadcopters

In this section, you will find detailed instructions about how to build your first quadcopter.

You can opt for build your own drone from scratch or use a drone KIT.

Building a DIY quadcopter allows adding features as you wish.

DIY Quadcopters and DIY Drones

Some mods and hacks are also included in this category. Control range tuning. Quadcopter firmware upgrades. Battery upgrade and many more.

URUAV UZ80: DIY micro Toothpick style FPV drone

Photo of URUAV UZ80 drone
The URUAV UZ80 is an affordable DIY FPV drone. The kit includes all the accessories you need to build your micro racing quadcopter. All...

Volador II VD6: FPV drone build with easy

FlyFishRC Volador II VD6
A few years ago, building your FPV drone was complicated and time-consuming. Putting parts from five different brands into a frame and making them...

Eachine Tyro79: Best DIY FPV drone under $80

Eachine Tyro79
Just as the Tyro99 is sold for $99, the new Eachine Tyro79 is advertised for $79. While the Tyro 99 is based on a 210...

GTENG T908W review: Wannabee DIY drone

GTENG T908W review
GTENG T908W it is advertised as to be a DIY quadcopter but, if you ask me, it is more like a modular drone. You...

Donut 3″ DIY drone kit: CineWhoop for less than $100?

Donut 3inch DIY CineWhoop Drone Kit
CineWHOOPs are cool and fun, but expensive too. If you already own a RunCam Hybrid style 4K camera, using the Donut 3" DIY drone...

Fighter 220 DIY FPV Racing quadcopter

Fighter 220 DIY quadcopter
DIY does not necessarily mean cheap. For the price of Fighter 220 you can find really nice ready-to-fly (RTF) racing quadcopters. Anyway, in my opinion,...

HELIWAY 902HS DIY building block drone

HELIWAY 902HS quadcopter
HELIWAY 902HS - Lego alike building brick drone In my opinion the building bricks concept of the HELIWAY 902HS is really nice because it doubles the...

FrSky receivers with PPM, CPPM and SBUS: XSR and D8

FrSky receivers: D8 and XSR
Today, I will review two FrSky receivers, the mini D8 and the XSR ACCST. While the Micro Frsky D8 features PPM and SBUS, the...

Eachine Tyro99: Best DIY racing drone under $100

Eachine Tyro 99 DIY FPV racing drone
While, usually, the numbers in a drone's model name refer to the diagonal size in millimeters measuring the distance from rotor to rotor (wheelbase),...

Fullspeed drone repair: ESC replacement

FullSpeed TinyLeader drone repair instructions
Although the Fullspeed TL is 3S rated, it could be different or I just had a bad luck. During my Fullspeed TinyLeader review, initially...

F450 Flame Wheel with APM 2.8 FC: My First DIY Quadcopter

F450 my first DIY Quadcopter
My son is always willing to help me in building or disassembling any kind of stuff, so he was very enthusiastic when I told...