Tools and training for pilots, builders and classrooms.
Free, open-source drone tools and training for everyone, everywhere, at any age. Learn to fly on a free drone simulator, design your drone with open build tools, plan real missions on the Lumipad platform, teach it in your classroom — or join our free pilot training in Mindanao, Philippines.
Whether you have never touched a controller or you are planning a survey over a thousand hectares, there is a Lumipad tool built for the next step.
Realistic physics, real maps, missions, racing and multiplayer. Practise before you ever leave the ground — no download. Try limited guest flights before free signup.
Explore the drone simulatorModel thrust, flight time and payload from any motor, prop and battery. Configure a build in 3D, compare builds side by side, and get parts suggestions for your payload.
See the toolsPlan survey flights on a map, keep track of your fleet, and turn every flight into maps, tree counts and crop-health data.
About the platformTeaching and learning materials used by schools in more than 30 countries. Free in-person workshops for schools in the Philippines.
Teach with LumipadOur free six-week program trains rural Filipinos to build, fly and earn with a drone they built themselves.
About the programThe best free online drone simulator — realistic physics, real maps, and multiple mission types. Practice flying before you ever leave the ground, or just play for fun. No download. Try limited guest flights before free signup.
The only open-source build calculator that models thrust, speed, agility, flight time, and payload capacity from any motor, propeller, and battery combination — corrected for real-world field conditions.
Every Lumipad survey uploads to our platform, where computer-vision models turn raw imagery into the data farmers actually want. Available on the web for analysis, and on our mobile app for flight planning and review in the field.
The same platform supports universities studying smallholder agriculture, non-profits running deforestation and climate programs, and companies that want reliable drone data from the field. It is open source like everything we build: research use of our hosted version is free, and companies can run it themselves or have us host it.
Talk to us about a partnershipDrones are a fun and interactive way to teach physics, electricity, math and problem-solving. Schools in more than 30 countries use Lumipad materials to teach. Everything a teacher needs is free, and always will be.
Ready-to-teach slide decks, student workbooks and activity books by grade band, with printable versions — including packs mapped to the Philippine DepEd curriculum.
Self-paced courses and step-by-step lessons on Lumipad Learning, for teachers to learn from or to run with a class.
The free drone simulator and build calculator turn thrust, lift, batteries and circuits into something students can test and see — in any browser, on any school computer, without downloads or ads.
Free one-day STEM workshops for schools across the Philippines, led by the Lumipad team: the science of flight, the drone simulator, a toy-drone team competition and flying a real drone by hand gesture.
Our free six-week program trains rural Filipino farmers and micro-entrepreneurs to build their own drone, fly it, and launch a crop-survey business serving the farms and cooperatives around them.
Trainees hand-assemble their own drone in our Davao workshop, from parts sourced in the Philippines.
From the drone simulator to real flights, with support toward drone pilot certification.
Graduates keep their drone and run their own survey business, with free use of the Lumipad platform.
Inspiring the next generation of builders, pilots and impact-makers.
We are building this quickly after a lot of demand, and we are limiting test users until we are sure everything works properly. If you would like early access, message us and we will set you up.
Tell us who you are and what you would use it for — a school, a team flying aircraft, or research — and we will come back to you.
