r/diydrones is a subreddit with 84k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses drone, help, flight, build, and looking for, and they frequently recommend/review soldering station, action cam, and goggles.
If you want to show off your new DIY drone, or if you have questions on how to build one, this reddit is for you!
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) and just about any other unmanned vehicle you can think of are welcome here.
Popular Themes in r/diydrones
#1
Advice Requests
: "School Project help"
8 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Drone for school"
6 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Tariffs are killing me🥲"
6 posts
#4
Ideas
: "I built Tool to track your Drone CLI change history.... does the community want this?"
2 posts
#5
Money Talk
: "Is this worth it for $400?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/diydrones
#1
Drone
: "How can we make these type of Drones.."
164 posts
#2
Help
: "School Project Help"
60 posts
#3
Flight
: "Electric VTVL Rocket Flight Computer V1.1 – Compatible with Both Drone and Rocket Applications"
55 posts
#4
Build
: "My 1st fpv Build… 190km/h with custom frame"
52 posts
#5
Looking For
: "Student doing my final project, want to make a quadcopter"
49 posts
#6
Fpv
: "My 1st Fpv build… 190km/h with custom frame"
49 posts
#7
Looking
: "Student doing my final project, want to make a quadcopter"
43 posts
#8
Motor
: "Help! Motor test won’t work!"
15 posts
#9
Battery
: "Probable problems??? configured the accelerometer and compass , pixhawk 2.4.8 , 2212 100kv motors generic normal motors , 40a esc , using Li ion Battery 4S"
14 posts
#10
Camera
: "The Leopard fpv drone from printables but with a twist. The remix of the Leopard head Camera guard will be out soon once I conduct a readme file with instructions."
13 posts
Products Discussed in r/diydrones
Soldering Station
9 reviews
#1
Hakko
4.3★ from 4 reviews
#2
TS-100
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
Delixi
3.0★ from 1 review
Action Cam
6 reviews
#1
GoPro
4.2★ from 5 reviews
#2
Insta360
3.0★ from 1 review
Goggles
3 reviews
#1
Walksnail
4.3★ from 3 reviews
Flair Used in r/diydrones
#1
Build Showcase
: "My 1st fpv build… 190km/h with custom frame"
57 posts
#2
Question
: "How can we make these type of drones.."
57 posts
#3
Discussion
: "anyone else trying to build something bigger than just one project?"
8 posts
#4
Other
: "Two drones co-operation high lifting, 200KG payload"
6 posts
#5
News
: "Laser tag equipment for drones"
4 posts
#6
Meta
: "Wing Design Playground"
1 post
#7
Resolved
: "Time to beef up these arms"
1 post
#8
Guide
: "My first quadcopter project"
1 post
Member Growth in r/diydrones
Yearly
+19k members(28.9%)
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Last updated: June 16, 2026