ArduCopter Quad - The Full Featured UAV Multicopter!
The DIY Drones development team is proud to bring you the ultimate open source quadcopter and helicopter UAV!
ArduCopter's autopilot is based on ArduPilot Mega (APM), the most sophisticated IMU-based open source autopilot on the market. It provides full UAV functionality, with scripted waypoints, Ground Station and more.
See the Wiki manual linked above for full details and instructions.
Sample videos:
FPV flying with a hex frame:
GPS position and altitude hold:
See other incredible ArduCopter videos here!
ArduCopter Quad is just the first member of a complete Arduino compatible UAV platform for rotary wing craft.
ArduCopter Platform Feature List
- 6 Degree of Freedom IMU stabilized control
- Gyro stabilized flight mode enabling acrobatics (loops and barrel rolls)
- GPS for position hold
- Magnetometer for heading determination
- Barometer for altitude hold
- IR sensor integration for obstacle avoidance
- Sonar sensor for automated takeoff and landing capability
- Automated waypoint navigation
- Motor control using low cost standard PWM Electronics Speed Controllers (ESC's)
- On board flight telemetery data storage
- Mounted camera stabilization capability
- Wireless command & telemetry for long distance communication
- Capability to fly in "+", "x", quad, hexa and octo configurations
- Battery level detection
- User configurable LED flight pattern
- Capability to use any R/C receiver
- ArduCopter Configuration and Ground Control Software
- Realtime graphs of flight data
- GUI for configuration of PID and other flight parameters
- On Screen Display (OSD) integration
- Waypoint programming using Google Maps
- Mixertable view to auto configure "+", "x", quad, hexa and octo configurations
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