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.

Axisflying KOLAS 7″: Foldable Long Range FPV drone

Axisflying KOLAS 7"
The Axisflying KOLAS 7" is the company's second folding FPV frame kit. While the KOLAS 6 adopt a vertical folding mechanism, the new Kolas 7 horizontal one. Axisflying claims that the volume of the drone is reduced by 40% when folded, making it travel-friendly. It has two versions: Standard (analogue FPV) and Air Unit (HD Digital). Intended for long-range aerial...

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 fun. Kids can learn not just to operate a drone but also to build their own. This cheap DIY KIT includes everything you need to build a flying machine, from motors, flight controller, battery, to the remote controller....

Syma X5C repair

Syma X5C repair - motor replace Few month ago I crashed my Syma X5C in the backyard and I recovered the quadcopter only after few minutes. Unfortunately, because the motors of the quad didn’t stopped after hitting the ground, the propellers have hooked in 20cm high grass. After I removed all the grasses around the propellers and motors shafts I tried to fly again with my Syma X5C but two of the motors didn’t...

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 kit you can build your on Whoop for less than $100. The package includes the 140mm size carbon fiber frame with super large ducted blade protectors, MAMBA F405 Mini flight controller with MK2 25A ESC...

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 him about the plan to build a quadcopter from scratch (OK, almost from scratch). His only complaint was why we didn't build an octa-copter or at least a hexacopter. I promised him that if this...

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 work together required a lot of research. Now, thanks to names such as Joshua Bardwell, Oscar Liang, ELRS, BetaFlight, FlyFish-RC, RushFPV, DJI, and others, it's all become much more straightforward. Before building the Volador II VD6...

Holybro QAV250: DIY Pixhawk 4 Mini FPV drone

Holybro QAV250
The Holybro QAV250 DIY FPV drone kit is the perfect way to get started developing on Pixhawk 4 Mini flight controller. It pairs a carbon fiber 250 racing frame and essential electronics with a Pixhawk 4 Mini autopilot. The kit is easy to assemble and no soldering is needed. Holybro offers their QAV250 kit in multiple package versions. The ARF...

FPV Goggles repair: Eachine EV900 motherboard replace

FPV Goggles repair: Eachine EV900 motherboard replace
Everyone who read my Eachine EV900 review,  could find out that I had the bad luck to receive a faulty headset. Because it is very complicated to send back to China a product, I opted to try to repair my FPV goggles. The FPV goggles worked perfectly with wireless 5.8G input, but on HDMI, I got only a black image. I...

iFLight Nazgul5 V3: Designed for HD Digital FPV

iFlight Nazgul 5 V3
The new iFlight Nazgul5 V3 was specially designed for the DJI O3 Air Unit digital FPV system. It comes with a CNC aluminum camera mount that features vibration-reduction silicone insertion. This FPV drone is intended for freestyling as well as for long-range cinematic footage using a GoPro camera and high-capacity battery. Unlike its predecessors, the newest N5 V3 O3...

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, building your own drone doubles the fun and also makes you understand how these flying machines work. Like most of the modern racing drones, the Fighter 220 is also based on the versatile F4 flight controller....

Coming soon: Eachine Tyro119 DIY FPV race drone

Eachine Tyro119 FPV drone
Just like in case of all DIY Tyro drones, the number included in the name of Eachine Tyro119 drone means its price, not its wheelbase size (distance between motors). For only $119 you get all the parts you need to build your own racing FPV drone. Designed for long range flights, the 250mm size carbon fiber air-frame will be installed...