There are already many cheap ESP32 drones on AliExpress, or you can even make an ESP32 DIY drone for about $12, but ...

I find my ESP8266 and ESP32 run on the same code since years. WPA2 enabled of course. They are mostly sensors and displays going on with their lives sending UDP packets.

If you prefer the higher planes of Python instead, it’s not impossible to import Python on even the smallest of microcontrollers thanks to MicroPython, which [Rob] shows us in this project based ...