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This page contains user-built drones based on the Flix project. Publish your projects into the official Telegram-chat: @opensourcequadcopterchat or send materials as a pull request.
Author: goldarte.
Flight video:
School 548 course
Special quadcopter design and engineering course took place in october-november 2025 in School 548, Moscow. Course included UAV control theory, electronics, and practical drone assembly and setup using the Flix project.
STL files and other materials: see here.
Selected works
Author: KiraFlux.
Description: custom ESPNOW remote control is implemented, firmware modified to support ESPNOW protocol.
Telegram posts: 1, 2.
Modified Flix firmware: https://github.com/KiraFlux/flix/tree/klyax.
Remote control project: https://github.com/KiraFlux/ESP32-DJC.
Drone design: https://github.com/KiraFlux/Klyax.
ESPNOW remote control demonstration:
Author: tolyan4krut.
Description: the first drone based on ESP32-S3-CAM board with a camera, implementing Wi-Fi video streaming. Runs HTTP server and HTTP video stream.
Modified Flix firmware: https://github.com/CatRey/Flix-Camera-Streaming.
Telegram post.
Video streaming and flight demonstration:
Author: Vlad Tolshinov.
Description: custom frame with enlarged arm length, which provides very high flight stability, 65 mm props.
Flight video:
RoboCamp
Author: RoboCamp participants.
Description: 3D-printed and wooden frames, ESP32 Mini, DC-DC buck-boost converters. BetaFPV LiteRadio 3 to control the drones via Wi-Fi connection.
Features: altitude hold, obstacle avoidance, autonomous flight elements.
Some of the designed model files: see here.
RoboCamp took place in July 2025, Saint Petersburg, where 9 participants designed and built their own drones using the Flix project, and then modified the firmware to complete specific flight tasks.
See the detailed video about the event:
Built drones:
Author: chkroko.
Description: the first Flix drone built with brushless motors (DShot interface).
Features: SpeedyBee BLS 35A Mini V2 ESC, ESP32-S3 board, EMAX ECO 2 2207 1700kv motors, ICM20948V2 IMU, INA226 power monitor and Bluetooth gamepad for control.
Patch for DShot ESC: 568345a45c.
Flight video:
Author: chkroko.
Modification: Control using Bluetooth with Flydigi Vader 3 gamepad. Source code: https://github.com/Krokodilushka/flix/tree/dev.
Features: ESP32-C3 SuperMini, BMP580 barometer, INA226 power monitor, IRLZ44N MOSFETs.
Full description: https://telegra.ph/Flix-dron-06-13.
Flight video:
Author: chkroko.
Features: ESP32-C3 SuperMini board, INA226 power monitor, IRLZ44N MOSFETs, MPU-6500 IMU.
Flight video:
Author: @jeka_chex.
Features: custom frame, FPV camera, 3-blade 31 mm propellers.
Motor drivers: AON7410 MOSFET + capacitors.
Custom frame files: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1QCIc-_YYFxJN4cMhVLjL5SflqegvCowm?usp=share_link.
Flight video:
FPV flight video:
Author: @p_kabakov.
Custom propellers guard 3D-model: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TKnzwvrZYzYuRTLLERNmnKH71H9n4Xj_/view?usp=share_link.
Features: ESP32-C3 microcontroller is used.
Video.
Custom Wi-Fi RC control:
See source and description (in Russian): https://github.com/pavelkabakov/flix/tree/master/rc_control_v1.
Author: @peter_ukhov.
Features: customized ESP32 holder, GY-ICM20948V2 IMU board, boost-converter for powering the ESP32.
Files for 3D-printing: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Sma-FEzFBj2HA5ixJtUyH0uWixvr6vdK/view?usp=share_link.
Schematics: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVN-dTjoo=/?moveToWidget=3458764612179508274&cot=14.
Author: @Alexey_Karakash.
Files for 3D printing of the custom frame: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tkNmujrHrKpTMVtsRH3mor2zdAM0JHum/view?usp=share_link.
Author: @rudpa.
Author: @peter_ukhov.
Schematics: https://miro.com/app/board/uXjVN-dTjoo=/?moveToWidget=3458764612338222067&cot=14.
