Ardupilot hardware + Completely custom software?

Hi all,

Another grad student and I have a few months to kill before classes start. As an exercise in programming and control theory, we want to put together a simple Easystar UAV and program it from scratch. My thought was to use the APM board + IMU shield as our basic hardware, and then just completely scrap the APM software in favor of something we'll write ourselves. What do you guys think? Is there an easier/cheaper route?

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Challinger on July 18, 2011 at 9:22am

That's what I'd do. The hardware is great. The software is good, too, but you can scrap it and write your own if you want!

I would do something with ailerons, though. You could learn more about aerodynamics and aircraft control that way.

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