Drone sites

• http://diydrones.com

Existing Drone Projects

• http://vrhome.net/vassilis/category/quadcopter/
• http://store.jdrones.com
• MikroKopter

  • http://vimeo.com/6194911 (FAST 8-rotor)
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nG7SrWn000 (Follow Me)
  • QuadPod
  • http://www.snelflight.co.uk/QuadPod.htm

  Wasp UAV

• http://waspuav.org/

  Arducopter

• http://code.google.com/p/arducopter/wiki/ArduCopter

PSU ROV Team

• Design Decisions
  • frame: one-piece carbon fiber cut into a cross
  • motor: 740kv http://www.e-fliterc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=EFLM1300 ($45)

huskerwr38's arducopter

• Design Decisions
  • It's an arducopter board
  • gps,
  • alpha 450 890kv motors,
  • 30A ESC,
  • Turnigy 9x TX/RX,
  • 10 inch props with 4.5 pitch.

Vectored Thrust Ducted Fan MIT quadcopter

• http://www.etotheipiplusone.net

• Also a ballcopter
  • http://www.spiegel.de/video/video-1138178.html

Cyclocopter

• http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/cyclonic-quadcopter-strangest-

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Design Categories and Parts Options

• 4 motor
• 6 motor
• 8 motor

• Frame
  • Plastic
    • TAP plastics tapplastics.com
  • Carbon Fiber
    • ACP Composites http://www.acp-composites.com/home.php

• Motor
  • motor+propeller
    • http://store.jdrones.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=motor
  • ducted fan
• Electronic Speed Controller
• Inertial Measurement Unit
  • Sparkfun Guide http://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/167
• Mainboard
  • picoITX
  • atmel-based
  • GumStix
• Sonar (needed for accurate height on takeoff/landing)
• Battery
  • LiPo (R/C Airplanes)
  • 4400mAh http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=6504
  • Reuse thinkpad battery?
• Power distribution
• Software
  • MultiWii http://www.multiwii.com/

• Sensor Fusion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensor_fusion

Copter properties

• Total thrust
• Total weight
• Carrying Capacity

• Livestream
  • Camera downlink
    • cellphone/celldata
  • Telemetry
    • Zigbee short-range
    • cellphone/celldata
• Mission Planning Software