Hello all,
I am new to the forums, I am thinking about purchasing the Parallax ELEV-8 Quadcopter UAV Kit. I just have a question, is there a recommended board/software to run the controls on your computer? I would like to control it from my laptop so I can program commands like a UAV. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You should be able to connect a Bluetooth module to the propeller core, but there does not seem to be sample code for this. it really is intended to be used with an R/C unit, at least to start.
A multirotor flight controller capable of GPS waypoints is about $8,000.00. They can be put onto any multirotor. ACE WAYPOINT is the one that most people use for high end multirotors. Many of the cheaper flight controllers do have GPS but they don’t self support waypoints. The cheaper FC’s with GPS can do Return to Home but they don’t always work.
I would recommend first learning to fly a multirotor manually by line of sight before flying with waypoints. Things happen and you should be able to fly manually to be able to try to get your multirotor back if something happens. Flying a multirotor is like flying an open food processor. They can slice a person open very quickly. Safety is very important with multirotors. I have an 800mm hexacopter.
If you are a big time code writing geek you probably could write code for basic commands using a magnometer, 3 axis gyro, GPS, sonar and barometer to do close to home flights. The wind effects everything so you would have to have all of the tools to self correct the flight. There are quite a few Arduino based FC’s.
