# DIY Drones

**URL:** https://community.droneblocks.io/c/diy-drones/8.md

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## [About the DIY Drones category](https://community.droneblocks.io/t/about-the-diy-drones-category/17)

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**Author:** [@derath](https://community.droneblocks.io/u/derath)\
**Replies:** 0

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If you’re building your own drone and using an open source flight controller such as APM or Pixhawk please post your questions here. Our goal is to make DroneBlocks compatible with open source flight controllers some day…

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## [Better Drone Simulation with AirSim](https://community.droneblocks.io/t/better-drone-simulation-with-airsim/92)

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**Author:** [@dbaldwin](https://community.droneblocks.io/u/dbaldwin)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://community.droneblocks.io/t/better-drone-simulation-with-airsim/92 "2021-01-26T21:49:00Z")

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One of the things I’ve been working on in my spare time is to find a better environment for simulating DIY drone coding. There are a handful of options out there, but they are fairly complicated for the user wanting to c…

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## [Making own drones](https://community.droneblocks.io/t/making-own-drones/86)

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**Author:** [@Jaz](https://community.droneblocks.io/u/Jaz)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [January 19, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://community.droneblocks.io/t/making-own-drones/86 "2021-01-19T21:05:49Z")

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Morning all. My students in Ghana are now looking at building their own drones to code and fly as they are really excited now. The requirements are as follows: The drone must be very cheap so therefore we only need …