Rapid Unplanned Disassembly - BSides Cape Town 2025


Hacking flying things sounded like a great idea.

Talk given at BSides Cape Town (Cape Town) - 06 December 2025

Video & Slides on the way.

Original Abstract

Take the cheapest quad-copter drone I could find, hack it and try fly it with my own software, because how hard could it be?

Curious about how these “drones” work? Want to hear from an expert in crashing them? Interested in reverse engineering hardware? This is the talk for you!

This talk has it all:

  • Cheap Electronics
  • Reverse Engineering
  • Code, lots of code.
  • A splash of AI (to keep marketing happy)
  • Lots and lots of crashes

I’ve crashed and sacrificed the drones so that you don’t have too.


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