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.

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 I test it with 2S battery and everything went good. Being curios to test its top performance, I powered it with a 3S LIPO pack. On first full throttle, some smoke came out from the...

Talystmachine 5″ DIY FPV drone KIT (without FPV rig)

Talystmachine DIY FPV Drone KIT
The Talystmachine 5" DIY FPV drone KIT includes a 5" carbon fiber frame, four motors, AirF7 Lite F7 flight controller, and a 50A ESC board. The Talystmachine frame kit is available in 5, 6, and 7" sizes (234/264/294mm wheelbase). It has 5" arms and can be equipped with DJI FPV Air Unit and a GoPro camera. The package includes EMAX...

FlyFish-RC Volador VD5 review: Frame kit for O3 Air Unit

FlyFish-RC Volador VD5
Our FlyFish-RC Volador VD5 review covers building instructions, user experience, and flight performance. With the release of the new DJI Air Unit O3, FPV hobbyists started to look for compatible frames. FlyFish-RC has four suitable frames, two 5" (True-X and Dead Cat) and two 6" (True-X and Dead Cat). I opted for the deadcat-style configuration because there are no...

Flight controller repair or buy a new one?

Flight controller repair of Eachine QX110 V-Tail quadcopter drone
A few months ago I received the Eachine QX110 V-Tail mini racer for review. First flights went smoothly, even after minor crashes it was flying like a new one. Courageously, I tried to do some flips in "Acro" mode and I landed upside down. Lots of smoke and fun was gone. Arrived home, I powered up the drone - one...

HobbyMate Q100 review: Build and Test

HobbyMate Q100 Quadcopter drone review
During winter days, when outside is -15ºC, you can't find the mood to play outdoors with your favorite racing drone. Luckily, micro brushed quads like this HobbyMate Q100 are great for replacing outdoor fun with an indoor one. The advantage of this model over dirty cheap toy drones is the versatile and programmable flight controller. After I reviewed many RTF packages, I liked the idea that the...

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 mm sized frame kit, the Tyro 79 is built on a 140mm sized one. The Eachine Tyro79 DIY drone comes in parts and needs to be assembled by yourself. The KIT includes the frame, flight controller, ESC, motors,...

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 the electronic parts come with connectors so no soldering required. The unibody frame has an 80mm wealbase. All the electronic parts including the Runcam Nano 3 FPV camera. Weighs about 20 grams fully assembled but without...

Syma X5C range Hack

Yesterday, finally, I had enough time to hack my Syma X5C transmitter. Why I had to make this hack risking to brick my transmitter? because I need more the 30m for a decent outdoor flight. Last week I was curios what's inside the Syma X5C transmitter and how can I extend the control, as well the flight distance. Of course, like a bad...

DM002 drone review: Dirty cheap and easy to build

DM002 DIY drone review
Recently, I received the DM002 quadcopter for tests, a Chinese RC toy quite entertaining at an attractive price. I assembled it and played around with it, and now it is time to write my review, of course at the end of which I will draw the conclusions. As I previously mentioned many times, the fact that a drone comes in parts should...

CUTE66, DIY mini FPV drone kit with brushless motors

DIY Cute66 mini FPV drone
During cold winter days, when outside are -10ºC, somehow you can’t find the mood to play outdoor with your favorite FPV drone. Luckily, small brushless quads like this Cute66 are suitable for both indoor and outdoor flights. The DIY CUTE66 kit includes everything you need to build your own FPV drone. According to your existing remote controller, you can opt between...

NVision Justin’s Gyarados DIY FPV drone kit

Photo of NVision Justin Gyarados
The NVision Justin's Gyarados DIY kit was specially put together for those who want to build their first FPV drone. The package includes a toothpick style 230mm size frame kit with 3D printed canopy, four T-Motor F2004 1700KV 6S motors, and a GEPRC GEP-20A-F4 AIO flight controller. Additionally, you will need a remote controller, radio receiver, camera, VTX board,...