RC Quadrotor Helicopter

This project is a RC quadrotor helicopter (quadrocopter, quadcopter, quadricopter, etc). It's a RC helicopter that uses 4 rotors. Watch it in 720p You need some pre-requisite skills: How to use Arduino, enough to get started Soldering, wiring, basic electronic skills Basic hand tool operation A quadrotor helicopter flies with 4 spinning propellers on a + shaped frame. When one rotor spins faster than the rotor on the opposing side, the faster side will have more lift, and thus the helicopter will tilt. The propellers also need to be in counter-rotating pairs, two spin clockwise and two spin counter-clockwise. We will be building a flight controller circuit that contains an accelerometer and gyroscope sensor so that a microcontroller can detect undesired changes in the helicopter's angle, and adjust each rotor's speed accordingly to counter the variation. The flight controller is a completely open source circuit. This helicopter will use four brushless motors. Summary of Downloads:

SimonK sim-/tgy Quadcopter Build for Noobs All - I have been following various threads on here for the last month or so and have been inspired to attempt my first RC build, a quadcopter. I will attempt to catalog the build as I go so that other inexperienced builders will have something to reference. Before I get started, many thanks to Old Man Mike (OMM), S11D336B, Signguy, Reverendrichie, Jesolins, and others for their informative threads and builds. A quadrotor, also called a quadrotor helicopter, is an aircraft that is lifted and propelled by four rotors. Many resources are available to prospective quadcopter builders. It is my understanding that the QuadPowered guys will soon be releasing detailed build instructions in the Docs section of the QuadPowered website. Quadrocopter and Tricopter Info Mega Link Index My Build: The following is a list that I have compiled of parts that I intend to use for the build. Part Choices: Frame www.quadpowered.com