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Micro:bit - Building a Drone Using Airbit

by Thorsgaard Efterskole

This is an instructable about how to make your own class="supplies-heading">Supplies: Supplies:


drone by using the makekit air:bit.
2 x micro:bit
I had actuelly not planned to write this instructable.
4 mm plywood or 3 mm acrylic sheet
The makekit air:bit is a kit for making a speci c drone. We
started making our own drones with the kit last year and 1 x air:bit kit
I did not write an instructable for it, since it was more
about modding a kit, than making something new. Tool:

A few weeks ago I shared some of our drones on Lasercutter


facebook and a lot of people asked me how we build
them and if I could write an instruction for it.

Step 1: Design Your Drone

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First you want to design the drone in your favorite Remember to have 4 x 3 mm holes for the landing
design program. My students usually use Fusion360 and spacers and 2 x 3 mm holes to mount the air:bit on.
that is also what have been used here.

The hardest part to make is the hole for the motors, I have uploaded the le for our drone in 3 di erent
which should be made like a circle with a rectangle on. formats.
The circle should have a radius of 5 mm and the
rectangle should be 4,5 mm x the thickness of your
material.

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Step 2: Lasercutter

Now cut out the drone parts and we can start assembling.

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Step 3: Controller

Use 2 of the smallest screws and 2 nuts. Screw one of the The battery pack isn't that staple, so a lot of our students
micro:bit onto the small plywood that came in the kit. instead choose to use one of the many coin battery
boards. We often use the kitronik power board.
Then attach the battery pack with one of the
rubberbands.

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Step 4: Mounting Screws

We then start working on assembling the air:bit.

First we mount the two see-through screws. We will latter use them to mount the air:bit on the drone frame.

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Step 5: Screws for Micro:bit

Now use the 4 longest screws. Put them in the two rst haven't tightened these nuts or the braze tubes well
and last holes of the airbit and screw the braze tubes on. enough.
You should screw them on very tight, since the power
will be going through the tubes and not the screws. That is also why many students choose to instead use
metal screws and nuts, together with 4 hollow plastic
Afterwards you use 4 nuts and screw on the micro:bit. assemblers for this step. It is much easier, but will
They also need to be rather tight. The most common increase the weight of the drone with a few grams.
problem when my students assemble drones is that they

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Step 6: Mounting Motors

First we mount the motors with the motor-mounters. It can be a bit hard.

Remember that there is two di erent kind of motors and that the same types should be mount diagonal opposite of
each other.

Then put the propellers on. Again there is two types. CW and CCW. Each propeller have a small mark that tells you what
type it is. CCW go on the motor with black and white wire, while CW go on the motor with blue and red wire.

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Step 7: Landing Gear and Wires

Take the last 4 screw and the 4 nylon dividers. Screw them onto the drone frame.

Put the last rubberband onto the drone frame asseen on the picture.

Put the wires through the two holes closest to the middle.

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Step 8: Finishing the Drone

Now mount the air:bit onto the drone frame.

Put wire up the motors to the air:bit as shown on the picture.

Mount the battery onto the drone with the rubberband.

The drone is now nished.

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Step 9: Programming

To program the airbit you need to get theairbit exention I have uploaded it to makecode for convenience.
for makecode. The only way to get access to that
extension seem to be through an airbit project. So You can nd the code for the sender here.
instead of writting the code from scratch I suggest that
you use the code that makekit have made avaible. You can nd the code for the drone here.

Step 10: Test Your Drone

Now test your drone and enjoy.

First turn on the controller and the drone. The drone should be on a stabel horizontal surface.

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Press a+b to arm the drone. The propellers should start spinning. A and B controlles power.You often need to increase
power many times before the drone will start lifting.

The most common problem if the drone doesn't work is that either the braze tube or the nuts isn't tight enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXencT9eRuY

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