If you have lots of RC creations about, each with their own receiver, you’ll know that the cost of a new one for each project can quickly mount up – despite RC receivers being pretty cheap these days.

Packed with an incredible amount of hardware, and increasingly likely to be running an open source firmware, the modern RC transmitter is effectively a little multi-purpose computer in its own right.

Using an Arduino Arduino Uno along with an nRF24L01 module for control together with a 3D printed shell Dejan over at the Mechatronics website has provided details on how to build your very own DIY RC ...