the Shrediquette -- impressive tricopter

rcgroups thread: "My tricopter design (autonomous indoor hover etc.) - Atmega32"

Check out the awesome videos.

Metals Depot- Buy Small Quantity Metal Online! Steel, Aluminum, Stainless, Brass

Metals Depot
Good place for square aluminum quad arms.

rcexplorer kk build guide released

David has released the first cut at a setup guide here.  Initially it covers tri and quad configurations.  Check it out, and if you're building an rcexplorer copter leave a note on rcexplorer so we can follow you!

"This little procedure has the potential to save you platform or face, so be sure to make it a habit."

Some random questions based on first reading: (update: with some answers provided by David in the comments)

• what's the difference between setting up a + and x quad configuration?  Is it simply a matter of downloading the right software?  does the board need to be rotated 45 degrees?
  answer: there are some differences, guide will be updated soon.
• where's the software download?
• where's a pointer to how to download a new build? presumably somewhere over in kk-land.
  answer: need to know about AVR programming, perhaps David will create a guide for that as well.
• in section "finding the correct gain" the last item is "too low gain is recognized by", what is "too high gain recognized by"?
  answer: "too high gain" is recognized by platform rocking back and forth or side to side.
• need to figure out how EPA works... is this something the kk software does automatically?  Does this refer to the radio sticks or the ESCs?  or perhaps both have them?
  answer: EPA is set in the transmitter, and is like a global dual rates setting.

MultiWii

MultiWii: "MultiWii is a general purpose software to control a multirotor RC model. It can now use various sensors but was initially developed to support Nintendo Wii console gyroscopes and accelerometers. We can find these sensors in the extensions of the Nintendo WiiMote: Wii Motion Plus and Wii Nunchuk. This project was an opportunity to develop my own software on an Arduino platform. The achieved stability is excellent for FPV and allows any kind of acrobatics.

The software is for the moment able to control a tricopter, a quadricopter or a hexacopter. The tricopter mentioned in this article is mainly is the first tricopter I made, based on a fiber structure. The structure was reinforced with carbon/kevlar fiber. Some LEDs were also added for a better flying visibility."

A nice place to fly: Hexacopter in Cameroon / Africa on Vimeo

A nice place to fly: Hexacopter in Cameroon / Africa on Vimeo:

"FPV flights of my Shrediquette MM6 Hexacopter in Cameroon, West-Africa.  Details on the copter: shrediquette.blogspot.com/​p/​shrediquette-mm6.html A Deshaker was used for most scenes, as there was always some wind."

KKmulticopter links

"The KK multicontroller can be used on KKPowerTower/Osprey (2 rotors), KKTriCopters (3 rotors), KKQuadroCopters (4 rotors), KKSexyCopters (6 rotors) and the Y configuration KKY6copters (with 6 rotors). The KKmulticopter project was started by Rolf Bakke aka KapteinKUK, and the KK in the name of the project is in his honour."

Home of the KKmulticopter:

RCGroups thread here.

Korean vendor: http://www.kkmulticopter.kr

and Dadde86 is selling assembled boards: http://www.rcexplorer.se

UFO Camera quadrotor

YouTube - ufocamera's Channel

High end AP platform, 10K euros for aircraft, 18K euros including downlink, control, and camera stabilization.

Heavy-Lift HexaCopter

KapteinKUK posts on RC Groups:

5.2kg payload:
25.51A per motor, 153A total
272W per motor, 1632W total

KK MultiCopter Worldwide Shop

KK MultiCopter Worldwide Shop:

"Welcome to the worldwide shop of the KKmulticopter"

BaronPilot Arduino based copilot autostabilizer with Nintendo Wii component (tricopter, quadcopter)

BaronPilot Arduino based copilot autostabilizer with Nintendo Wii component (tricopter, quadcopter): "This is a program to stabilize a multicopter (copilot), runs on microcontroller like Arduino or Teensy and only a wii motion plus, no other electronics needed. These project started April, 2010. Supported are planes, tricopter, quadricopter ( and x config), hexacopter (penta and coaxial). The self-leveling capability helps when doing FPV (first person view)."

Things I'd like to try: Gaui 330X-S QuadCopter

The Gaui 330X-S Quadcopter.

Photoship 1 has a nice camera mount.
RCGroups discussion of 300X.
DIY Drones unboxes and reviews a 300X.
A nice camera mount with dual servo.
Another nice review.
GotHeliRC has a nice page including spare parts.
CNCHelicopter has a lot of camera mounts and other generic helicopter photography stuff.

Nice Aerial Photography

Some Pacific Coast stuff.