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ArduCopter beta flying!

Posted by Chris Anderson on June 26, 2010 at 5:30am
Here's one of the first test flights of the ArduCopter quadcopter setup, from team leader Ted Carancho. Try doing that with a Parrot AR.Drone!

This is using the ArduPilotMega hardware (APM board and IMU shield) on the original AeroQuad platform. The ArduCopter platform is in final design tweaks before it goes into production. The merger of the AeroQuad and ArduPilot Mega software is going well and a public beta is probably a few weeks away.

Great job, Ted!
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  • Earl June 26, 2010 at 4:01pm
    Any chance we can test the software on the bench ?
    Earl
  • 3D Robotics
    Chris Anderson June 26, 2010 at 12:23pm
    Xander, when you get an AR.drone you'll see that it's not great outdoors (it can't handle much wind), really not designed to fly much off the horizontal plane, and not designed to fly above ultrasonic sensor height (about 15 feet). I've had one for about six months and I love it indoors. But it's only acceptable outdoors on the stillest days.
  • Taylor Cox June 26, 2010 at 11:55am
    Didn't it fly upside down for a little bit? Not to mention this arduCopter will be able to do much more than the A.R.Drone once everything is completed.
  • Xander June 26, 2010 at 11:26am
    Just curious, what was I watching here that couldn't be done with the AR.Drone?
  • Knuckles904 June 26, 2010 at 11:14am
    I will def be looking forward to checking out the code when it goes public beta. I had a leisurely read through the Aeroquad code last night. +1 for the song. What was it?
  • Mauro Rodriguez June 26, 2010 at 7:40am
    OMG!! it is also immune to the high power lines!!! jajajaj
  • Admin
    Thomas J Coyle III June 26, 2010 at 6:03am
    Ted,

    What frame are you using for the software checkout? Looks like flying in "X" configuration. Is it more stable than "+"?

    Regards,
    TCIII
  • DODY June 26, 2010 at 6:02am
    Cheer for the work of the equipe, highly that the kit is ready.
    DODY
  • Developer
    Mark Colwell June 26, 2010 at 5:57am
    Add a coil, rectifiers and you could harvest some of that 60 hz AC power. Great work!
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