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

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Published 2024-07-13
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Hi Everyone!
It’s been a while, but I am back with another video! This time, we are making a sub 250 grams Ardupilot drone with fully functional Mavlink Telemetry over ExpressLRS. I’ve made this using the new ELRS feature called AirPort.


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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:06 - Choosing the hardware
2:52 - PCBWay
3:58 - Assembling the Drone
5:03 - Configuring ESCs
5:40 - Flashing the Ardupilot
6:20 - Adding more components
6:51 - Setting up ExpressLRS
8:00 - Configuring Ardupilot
11:49 - First Test Flight
14:20 - ELRS AirPort Telemetry
17:04 - LEDs and Camera
17:37 - My Ground Station
18:15 - Setting up Autonomous Mission
18:57 - Autonomous Flight
22:16 - Testing GeoFence
23:06 - More Flight Modes
24:07 - Guided Mode
25:58 - Ending


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All Comments (21)
  • @ChadKovac
    The countdown to my small autonomous drone patrol army has begun. ;)
  • 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.
  • @mondrider994
    Potrzebujemy więcej takiego kontentu w polsceee
  • @cprcprcpr
    more ELRS Airport is needed in youtube! :) Well done and keep it up
  • @stratos7755
    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.
  • @fpv-geek
    Great video! Nice work, especially winning first place. Looking forward to seeing more of your builds!
  • @mike_oe
    Thank you, I have been waiting for ELRS telemetry!!!!
  • @TONY...GTB6
    That's really cool. I would love to have that on a long range drone
  • @fronbasal
    What an amazing project... thank you so much for sharing! Lots of love to the Netherlands from Germany <3
  • @TheLordSamoht
    Definitely interested in the swarm mode! The mothership deployment method is very intriguing! I look forward to seeing more of your videos!