Hello Everyone,
Have just joined the group have been flying various things for years and work in a large model shop in the Uk, anyway have been fascinated with multirotor so built myself a hexacopter (have never soldered so much in my life :) i done the project with a cheap board and it works ok but i am now looking at GPS hold , so the ardu board looks the best, i am very computer literate but totaly confused with what board add on's i need can anyone give me a brief outline on what parts i need, and what software?
You have probably answered this loads of times before but i do learn quick?
Many thanks in advance
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Here's the kit that's almost all complete.
Full Kit.
All you need to add is:
Magnetometer for heading hold.
and
Sonar for low altitude hold (the Oilpan in the full kit has a barom...
Hi,
Assuming you already have a multi-rotor frame, Basically all you need for your multi rotor is a full ardupilot mega kit, with a Magnetometer (compass).
The only software you require is the Ardupilot Mega mission planner (download here) which you use to upload the firmware onto the board with a few mouse clicks (no programming needed). The planner also lets you configure your board for your multi-rotor. Finally you can also use the program to plan missions by clicking on a map to set waypoints for your multirotor to fly to.
All the details to get you started are located at the arducopter wiki
If you have any other questions just let me know