Flyover Mesh Update – September 2025
🚀 Flyover Mesh Update – September 2025
Off-Grid. On Purpose.
Meshtastic community for Wichita, Kansas.
🏆 Accomplishments
Since the last update, the community has been productive!
- Community Website Is Live!
- Explore it here: https://flyovermesh.org
- There are pages and sections that need updated, and places for your content. If you know how, please submit a pull request! If you don’t know Git or GitHub, DM an admin on the Discord for help.
- #meshmap channel bot connections
There are now three stationary bot nodes reporting text messages they receive on Long Fast. This has been very helpful for users testing their connection to others. These nodes are located in three locations currently:- Twin Lakes
- College Hill
- Rock & Central Do you have a stationary node and modest Python skills? You, too, can connect your node to the #meshmap channel. Ask how in #advice
📒 Node Directory Now in Discord!
Made a contact, and want to know more? Look in #node-directory. Add your own device, as well. Whether you’re stationary or mobile, it’s helpful to everyone involved.
Weekly Mesh Nets Are Thriving
Our Sunday 8–8:30PM check-ins have grown into an great way to test your reach, meet people on the mesh, and try out changes to your setup.
New Flyover Channel - A channel on the mesh for those in the know. It is separate from LongFast. Perfect for focused Wichita comms when Long Fast gets too crowded with “test” and “hello.” - Instructions for adding the Channel can be found here. —
🗼 Community Nodes
These nodes are solar-powered and stay online to serve the whole mesh. Right now, we have four well placed community nodes. Buffalo, Bluestem, Blackbear, and Groover. There is hardware ready to install, but we need access to high places.
Do you have access to a tall building, water tower, or silo? Especially East of Oliver? Let’s talk. We’ll handle install and maintenance. We just need your contact.
🧾 You can contribute to expanding the mesh!
📦 Group orders: We’ve done group orders from Rokland, and that saves you money on shipping. BUT it also helps by giving discounts and rewards to the community hardware.
Contribute directly: Thanks to our partnership with devICT, hardware donations are tax-deductible.
Donate: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=Z6AJQMBWNY7ZA
🎉 Events
🛴 Open Streets ICT | This Weekend
We’ll be doing passive testing throughout the day. Bring your node if you’re out walking, biking, or brunching! Look for me, k10n on the mesh, and I’ll have Meshtastic stickers for the first three people to find me.
📡 Weekly Mesh Net
Every Sunday 8:00–8:30PM
Great time to meet other nodes, test range, and share updates.
🧹 Housekeeping
Discord Cleanup
Channels have been reorganized for ease of use and categorization. Check#mesh-tasks-ticsfor open tasks you can help with (or add your own).GitHub Organization Live
Flyover Mesh now has a public GitHub for sharing local software, mapping tools, and future builds. Contribute or watch the repos!
💬 What Would Help You Get Involved?
We know it can be overwhelming to get started. What would make it easier?
React below with the option(s) that interest you:
🗣️ = Discord call w/ experienced users for advice 🤝 = Local meetup and demo
💻 = Flash party (bring-your-own-device setup session)
📍 = Node placement workshop
Let’s make it easy and fun to build off-grid tools together.