Welcome to DIY Drones!

Welcome to the largest community for amateur Unmanned Aerial Vehicles! Use the tabs and drop-down menus above to navigate the site.

This community created the Arduino-based ArduPilot, the world's first universal autopilot (planes, multicopters of all sorts and ground rovers). The Pixhawk and APM 2.6 autopilots run a variety of powerful free and open UAV software systems, including:

• ArduCopter, a fully-autonomous multicopter and heli UAV system
• ArduPlane, a pro-level UAV system for planes of all types
• ArduRover, a fully-autonomous ground-based vehicle system

I'm new to all this--where do I start? Are amateur UAVs legal? (yes)

Examples of civilian uses of drones Glossary of confusing terms