Flash Betaflight & wire
Your drone is assembled; now it needs a brain. DRONA exports a Betaflight CLI config tailored to your build, so you don’t start from a blank flight controller.
Keep props off for everything on this page. Motors can spin during setup.
Get the config
From the app, export the Betaflight CLI for your design (File menu, or the Build deliverable card). It’s a plain text dump you’ll paste into Betaflight. See Exports & files.
Flash and configure
Install Betaflight Configurator
Get it from the official Betaflight project. Connect the flight controller over USB (no battery yet).
Flash the firmware
Flash the Betaflight target that matches your flight controller. DRONA tells you the board; the firmware itself comes from Betaflight.
Paste DRONA’s CLI config
Open the CLI tab, paste the exported config, and save. This sets ports,
modes, and sensible defaults for your build.
Verify the basics
Check, in Configurator: receiver channels move when you move the sticks, the model orientation matches reality, and arming modes are set. Set your failsafe.
Check motors (props off)
In the Motors tab, confirm each motor spins in the correct direction and that the motor order matches the diagram. Reverse direction in BLHeli/AM32 or by swapping two wires if needed.
The exported config is a starting point, not gospel. Always review motor resource mapping and port assignments against your actual hardware before you trust it. When in doubt, the Betaflight docs are the authority on any single setting.
Wiring reference
If anything doesn’t respond, recheck the solder joints against the wiring diagram, a no-response receiver or motor is far more often a wiring or solder problem than a config one. See Troubleshooting.
Next: First flight & safety.