Builds
Hardware we're building.
Autonimo
Micro-class autonomous waypoint platform.
Autonimo is a custom 3D-printed micro quad built from the ground up for fully autonomous GPS waypoint missions. At roughly 235g AUW on a 3-inch prop platform, it's engineered for efficiency — not speed. Equipped with a UBLOX M10 GPS — one of the smallest M10-equipped quads in existence — and a SpeedyBee F405 Mini running iNav, it takes off, executes a programmed route, and lands without any pilot input. A 3S Li-ion pack built from Molicel P26A cells targets 45–50 minutes of flight time, making it one of the longest-endurance platforms at this size class. Initial waypoint missions are flying. Tuning, range testing, and mission refinement are ongoing.
Frame
Custom 3D-printed, ~3" class
Flight Controller
SpeedyBee F405 Mini / iNav
GPS
UBLOX M10
Motors
1104 4300KV
Battery
3S Li-ion — Molicel P26A
Target Endurance
45–50 min
AUW
~235g
Radio
ELRS / RadioMaster Pocket
Long Range Vision Drone
7-inch open source long range FPV platform with real-time aerial computer vision.
A 7-inch long range FPV drone engineered for real-time aerial computer vision and multi-mission intelligence work. The entire stack is open source and open protocol — ELRS 2.4GHz handles the control link (open source, encrypted binding phrase, sub-10ms latency), Walksnail Avatar Moonlight delivers HD digital FPV video on an open platform, and iNav provides GPS-enabled autonomous waypoint navigation and return-to-home. The primary mission target is vehicle counting: fly over a parking lot and autonomously classify and count cars in real time using a Roboflow YOLOv5n model running on an onboard Raspberry Pi Zero 2W. v1 architecture pipes the vision feed through a downward-angled analog camera to a ground VRX and into a laptop for live inference monitoring. v2 upgrades to a Raspberry Pi 4 with a Google Coral AI accelerator — fully local onboard inference, zero ground transmission dependency, and on-aircraft data logging. No ground station. No uplink required. The platform is intentionally modular: swap the model, swap the mission. Current and planned applications include surveillance and perimeter monitoring, defense and intelligence gathering, battlefield and area reconnaissance, livestock and agricultural health monitoring, infrastructure and pipeline inspection, and vehicle or personnel detection for security operations. Built as a reusable edge compute airframe, not a single-purpose tool.
Frame
Mark4 7" carbon fiber
Flight Controller
HGLRC F405 / iNav
ESC
HGLRC Zeus
Motors
2807 1400KV
Props
8" triblade
Video
Walksnail Avatar Moonlight (open)
Control Link
ELRS 2.4GHz — encrypted, open source
GPS
HGLRC M100 M10 + compass
Compute v1
RPi Zero 2W / Roboflow YOLOv5n
Compute v2
RPi 4 + Google Coral — fully local
Battery
4S 2200mAh LiPo
Primary Mission
Aerial vehicle detection & counting
TinySub
Sub-$350 autonomous torpedo-style UUV.
A compact torpedo-profile autonomous underwater vehicle designed for stealth recon and swarm applications. Built around simplicity — two thrusters (rear axial for propulsion, front transverse for yaw steering), variable buoyancy via peristaltic pump and syringe ballast system, and a surface bobber with ELRS receiver for RF comms that sidesteps the RF-through-water problem entirely. Saltwater-tolerant from day one with 316SS hardware, PETG hull, and double O-ring penetrations.
Hull
3D-printed PETG torpedo profile
Propulsion
2x HobbyWater TD1.2 thrusters
Depth Control
Bar02 + peristaltic pump ballast
Compute
RPi Zero 2W + SpeedyBee F405 Mini
Comms
ELRS nano on surface bobber
Target Depth
10m (v1)
Endurance
~20 min
Target BOM
Under $350