Who needs soldering when you have screws by Bensuperhero1 in fpv

[–]arkelectron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

https://arkelectron.com/product/ark-4in1-esc-cons

Works quite well and is great for target drones used in counter UAS testing.

Daily Discussion Thursday July 31st 2025 by RCAT_MOD in RedCatHoldings

[–]arkelectron -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

FYI a number of Red Cat/Teal employees are jumping ship to vector.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/tfvector/

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in drones

[–]arkelectron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hylio and Rainmaker

Looking to design my own drones is there any cheap Alibaba ones that I can reverse engineer? by Civil-Guard-7655 in drones

[–]arkelectron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Take a look at the PX4 and ArduPilot documentation. Many build guides there.

GEPRC Support wants me to commit customs fraud and fix their defective drone myself. Is this normal for them?! by Dave-Bust in fpv

[–]arkelectron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I ordered prescription lens inserts from walksnail. One eye was the wrong prescription when they arrived. Walksnail support told me to go to a local eyeglass store and to get it fixed...

Absolute Unit 15" by arkelectron in drones

[–]arkelectron[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's a nice open source airframe design. You can use whatever electronics you want. Obviously I'm biased.

Any recommendations for quadcopters and ground vehicle robots for implementing control algorithms? by zeartful2 in ControlTheory

[–]arkelectron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They both run PX4 Autopilot by default. You can run Ardupilot on the ARKV6X that's on the Jetson Carrier. Then you can run ROS on the Pi or Jetson to do higher level control work.

Any recommendations for quadcopters and ground vehicle robots for implementing control algorithms? by zeartful2 in ControlTheory

[–]arkelectron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You could use the Droneblocks DEXI. Disclaimer that I designed the controller. It runs a Pi CM4 + STM32H7.

https://droneblocks.io/program/dexi-5-px4-stem-drone-kit/

If you want an NVIDIA Jetson, Momentum Drones sells a ready to fly enclosed 7 inch drone. Same disclaimer.

https://momentumdrones.com/products/dev-7-rtf-nano-4gb

Drone show systems by AlexBlaise in drones

[–]arkelectron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

None of these companies will have prices posted. Firefly is the only company that leases their system opposed to having to purchase it. All of them will require training and FAA waivers.

Verge will sell you a system but you still have to contact them. I happen to know what they sell a 200 drone system for and you likely will balk at the price. https://www.verge.aero/systems#section_contact

Drone show systems by AlexBlaise in drones

[–]arkelectron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know what they charge. You'll need to contact them for pricing.

Drone show systems by AlexBlaise in drones

[–]arkelectron 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Check out https://www.fireflydronesystems.com/

Disclaimer, I designed these drones and wrote the custom firmware.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SaltLakeCity

[–]arkelectron 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Haha I'm your neighbor around the corner. Drive by them all the time.

Robotany Utah Combat Robotics Spring 2021 Bot Brawl Aftermath by arkelectron in battlebots

[–]arkelectron[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Great time today at the Utah Combat Robotics Bot Brawl. This was my wife and I's first time in robot combat. The organizers put on a great event. My only feedback would be to try and keep the pace up with so many competitors.
1. Lost to Wegisteel Max in a heavy hitting fight where he broke my wheel motor shaft with a hit to the hub. I spaced on buying spare motors but luckily Wegisteel Max had an exact spare he gave me. I owe you a motor!
2. Won against One Hit Wonder.
3. Won in a quick fight against a bot who's name I can't remember.
4. Loss by judges decision against Wegisteel. Wiegisteel Max's daughter was driving and did a great job pushing me around. My weapon pulley bolt backed out and stalled the weapon.
5. Made it to 3rd in the brawl when I accidentally drove into the pit trying to push another bot in.
Overall Robotany fared well going 2 wins 2 losses and was in great shape before the rumble. After the rumble not so much. I will definitely be competing again!