ELRS Finder: Track Your Lost Quad Before the Grass Reclaims It

You crashed again. We know it, you know it, and the nettles currently swallowing your quad certainly know it. Thankfully, some clever developers built ELRS Finder, a free EdgeTX script that turns your radio into a screaming Geiger counter to help you track down your missing drone.

Here is the catch, and it is a massive, non-negotiable one: your quad must still have its battery connected. If your battery ejected during your spectacular unscheduled landing, this script is about as useful as a chocolate teapot. It relies entirely on live ELRS telemetry to feed you signal strength, smoothing out the numbers and chirping faster as you get closer to your expensive mistake.

Depending on whether you fly with a fancy colour screen like the TX16S or a monochrome Boxer, you will need to copy the correct Lua script to your radio's tools folder. Just remember to drop your transmitter power down to 10–25 mW before you start wandering. Leaving it on high power will just saturate the meter, leaving you standing in a bush, confused, while your radio insists you are already on top of it.

It is not a replacement for a self-powered buzzer or GPS, but for the grand price of zero pounds, it is a brilliant first line of defense. Head over to our original article to grab the repository links, figure out which version fits your radio, and learn how to actually use it before you find yourself crying in a field.