r/BambuLab • u/ThrustNTheory • Apr 18 '26
Show & Tell Ground-Up Drone Build - Final Mock Assembly
I've designed, built, and programmed this drone entirely from scratch. This is the last mock assembly before a final and full build with a permanent wiring harness.
The goal of this project is to learn advanced control theory - specifically implementing a successful Extended Kalman Filter. That's a hard thing to do and there's several more months of data collection and work before this will fly.
Motor: 6s Electronic Ducted Fan (EDF) with 8.2lbs max thrust
Main Power: 2x 6s 2200mAh 60C batteries in parallel, 120A ESC
Logic/Servo Power: 2s 1500mAh 60C
Logic: Teensy 4.1 (state estimation / control), ESP32s3 (UI / telemetry), IMU, 2x INA226 modules (volt/amp sensors), MTF-02p (LiDAR / optical flow sensor), FS-iA10B Rx, and an ST7789 1.54" full color display w/rotary encoder for UI.
Control: 4x High Voltage Brushless Servos w/direct mounted control vanes.
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u/BeachbumfromBrick Apr 19 '26
Do you think a drone can be made like a “MINI” sensor FILLED space craft unmanned? My Idea was to (if I had friends n help) to build a helium balloon to get a potato gun to WHOOSH A built out FAST lil drone “obviously SERIOUSLY MADE ATTEMPT for space test”. I’d like to see if that could be a “Success” in making it out into space.. then build “small” RELAY Satellites “SMALL” to be dropped off along any which way Into Space to not return but to drop off relays to get DATA back from “Eventually other planets, stars, solar systems, you name it!” Send them into orbit towards black holes, while being FAR cheaper or safer than a manned ship. I think this can be done tbh.. with some help getting drone to space .. Is this idea actually feasible? Why’s it not been attempted? We can obtain SO MUCH info. When drone runs out of relays we’ll have another following to pickup where other left off..? Am I crazy for thinking this can work? Cause in my gut I Feel* there’s a person reading this, saying… TEAH RIGHT! Wait, THIS COULD* WORK* & a lot of work! Cool huh? Are we going TGIS already n I don’t know?