# Create custom beat for drone sensor data

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-custom-beat-for-drone-sensor-data/304395>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** beats-development\
**Created:** [May 10, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-custom-beat-for-drone-sensor-data/304395 "2022-05-10T23:21:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![gustavofring](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gustavofring/32/105134_2.png) [@gustavofring](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gustavofring)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-custom-beat-for-drone-sensor-data/304395/1 "2022-05-10T23:21:31Z")

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Dear contributors,

I'd like to visualize drone sensor data through kibana.  
But, there is no mavlink-beat for it, so I am willing to create it.  
But, I read that the custom beat is deprecated since ELK stack v7.16.  
What am I supposed to create a custom beat?

Sincerely,

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-custom-beat-for-drone-sensor-data/304395/2 "2022-06-08T01:21:46Z")

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