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[Kato RC #48] The Day I Built a 108 km/h Rocket Drone for $155 — The ESP-BLAST and ESP32 Revolution

Prologue — Why an ESP32 Drone Now? March 2026. A video posted by DIY engineer "Max Imagination" on YouTube shook the hobbyist world. The title was "Build The Smallest ESP32 Brushless Rocket Drone | ...
Will Cogley on MSN

The Arduino drone build gets more advanced

Continuing the build of a single propeller drone using Arduino. Follow the next steps, improvements, and challenges as this unique drone project comes to life. #Arduino #DroneBuild #Engineering ...
Will Cogley on MSN

Creating a unique Arduino drone prototype

Follow the first part of this engineering project as a single propeller drone is built from scratch using Arduino. Discover ...
Hackaday

Pinch Puts An Arduino On A USB-C Connector

Compared to the Arduino Uno of old, modern microcontrollers are absolutely tiny — especially for the amount of processing ...
Hackaday

Arduino Hacks

Compared to the Arduino Uno of old, modern microcontrollers are absolutely tiny — especially for the amount of processing power and I/O you get. But if you need something really small, like ...
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[Kato RC Publishing Article #35] 20,000 Yen, KiCAD, and a Single Soldering Iron—The Era of Open-Source RC Cars and Drones Built from Scratch by Individuals

Don't buy an RC car. Or, to be precise, "don't buy a mass-produced one." The year is 2026. Drawing circuit diagrams in KiCAD, ordering PCBs from PCBGOGO, flashing firmware to an ESP32, and printing a ...