What is MakerPlane?
MakerPlane is a volunteer-driven open source aviation organization focused on making affordable avionics and resources more accessible to the experimental aviation community.
We build and share open source tools—from flight instruments to GitHub project like the pyEFIS through a collaborative, community-based approach. Like any good flying club, MakerPlane is about learning together, supporting each other, and making aviation safer and more approachable for everyone.
Also see our “How Can I Contribute?” page.
What does MakerPlane have to offer?
Free open source avionics plans and other items are available right now however along with a vibrant community contributing to many aspects of open source aviation! What you can expect from MakerPlane:
Our future plans include
3D Printing Library
3D model availability for printing 3D objects relevant to aviation (flight grips, knobs, tools etc)
CNC Library
CNC library for aviation related projects (workbenches, tools, hangars etc)
More Avionics
Growing the avionics library including more features for the EFIS, Arduino and Android-based projects
Our Strategic Mission and Goals
To provide a more formal overview as an organization, the following mission and goals are stated for the record!
Mission
The mission of MakerPlane is to create innovative and game-changing aircraft, avionics and related systems and the transformational manufacturing processes to build them. As a result of this aim, aircraft and avionics can be built with consistent, repeatable and highly accurate processes which create safer flying at lower cost.
Goal
MakerPlane strives to become the global hub for open source aviation community activity. A friendly and open collaborative environment that reflects the amazing attitudes of the pilots and helpers that you will find at any flying club on any given day!
Volunteer
Everything on MakerPlane has been put together by volunteers within the community. We all share the passion to provide innovative and affordable avionics to the experimental aviation community. Join our team of passionate aviation enthusiasts! Become a MakerPlane volunteer and contribute your skills to innovative projects.