Development of a Flight Controllers for a Remotely Piloted Aircraft with the ESP8266

Drones as consumer electronic gadgets, have flooded shelves as they require no registration permits to operate them in a confined air space. The challenge to use off the shelf parts and spares available in the local market in building affordable drones that could ensure drones were accessible and affordable. The challenge in the design has also been reflected in the cost of the cost of the hardware used to build the drone. And this development was such an attempt to break barriers to prove the possibility that IoT based controllers could be used to build drones. The journey explores the possibilities of using the low-cost ESP8266 in fixed wing drones and ornithopters.

I. Introduction

Efforts are taken to use Drone technology from the agricultural field to the battlefield and in the hands of a professional drone racer to an amateur videographer abiding by the Drone Laws of the land, The limitation and registrations were eased for RPA’s (Remotely Piloted Vehicles) less than 250 grams in weight, provided the pilot abides by the laws that govern them under the category as ‘Nano’ drones Directorate General of Civil Aviation.