QuadroCopter

I2C clone OS project.

http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/open-source-i2c-esc-project multipilot project Italy

http://www.virtualrobotix.com/forum/topics/multipilot-20-ap32-building

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viEoOtErBnU anne has﻿ done lot of work balancing props, isolating camera attachment etc. to get his videos that smooth. It actually had some small shaking originally but it was totally eliminated using Virtualdubs excellent deshaker software.

Naudin Wii hack
http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/fun-quadcopter-flights-with-a

http://ardupilotdev.googlecode.com/files/GyroWMPen.pdf

http://diydrones.com/profile/JeanLouisNaudin

Uav construction notes

Dronepedia.com
http://dronepedia.com Wiki on drones

Stable quad
Very stable flying quad, code will be released by poster

http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/armquad-v-016-outdoor#comments

http://www.hovership.com/2012/08/02/power-distribution/ data on soldering rig for quads

Commercial IMU closed source
http://hoverflytech.com/Products.html has video, $365

Camera targeting
http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/camera-targeting-with

20 airships will monitor India
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/09/08/347064/india-eyes-high-altitude-airship-surveillance-capability.html

Latest EKF IMU
http://www.vectornav.com/vn-100-demonstration

http://www.chrobotics.com/chr6dm.php

See SerialCameras for drone cameras.

Use InfraRedLeds to illuminate for night vision and CCD camera combination.

DIYdrones mikrokopter
Moved to Diydrones arducopter

Kinderkram build log
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1286011 Build log for Kinderkram on ARDU

Frames for Quad copter
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1382472

http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/alternative-arducopter-frames

quad code
http://www.diydrones.com/profile/DaniloScarato code extension to ardu

Hobbywireless commercial
http://hobbywireless.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=479&zenid=9ce3989ae4e39fc869c61fb1ca8eb1b6

Hack the design for its airframe, stabil airframe is important for aerial videos.

http://hobbywireless.com/cart/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=19 GPS and automatic flight control

QudroUFO

 * http://www.quadroUFO.com

http://code.google.com/p/uavp-mods/

http://www.uavp.ch/

Commercial
http://www.firstpersonview.co.uk/aircraft/x600D-quadrocopter $300

caspiquad
http://caspiquad.googlecode.com/svn/tags/flying_well_2010_0206/CaspiQuad/PID.cpp

UAVX

 * http://code.google.com/p/uavp-mods/wiki/UAVXStartup
 * http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1093510
 * http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1093510
 * http://code.google.com/p/uavp-mods/wiki/UAVXStartup

Scandicraft UAV
http://www.scandicraft.no/Products/ScanCam.aspx Perimeter surveillance drone, lands and takes off automatically

Robot chopper
http://code.google.com/p/robot-chopper/source/list

http://code.google.com/p/autorobo/

http://code.google.com/p/crazy-quad/source/list

http://code.google.com/p/flightos/

http://flightos.sourceforge.net/

Quad flying frames
Vibrations is a major impediment to aerial photography and video streaming. Use a proper airframe. http://quadrocopter.us/ See for hex, octo frames

use the frame template from http://gluonpilot.com/wiki/Main_Page

Mounting the mag sensor or ardu
http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/quick-post-ardupilotmega Placement of magnetometer

Google ads
http://www.silvertone.com.au/

Links to links
* http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1097355 LINKS TO LINKS

pixhawk
http://www.diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/introduction-to-pixhawk-ground

http://pixhawk.ethz.ch/software/computer_vision computer vision toolkit

EmbeddedPc Whole computer on DIMM memory stick for usage in vision analysis programs such as SlAm.

Booz and Lisa
http://paparazzi.enac.fr/wiki/Lisa

Openmulticopter
http://openmulticopter.org/wiki/Main_Page

Quadpowered
http://www.google.co.za/search?hl=en&as_q=&as_epq=Quadpowered+&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=100&lr=&as_filetype=&ft=i&as_sitesearch=.rcgroups.com&as_qdr=all&as_rights=&as_occt=any&cr=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&safe=images

http://wiki.quadpowered.com/

mikrokopter
moved, see main

Failsafe device
http://www.millswoodeng.com.au/failsafe_device.html, http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1096707

aeroquad
http://aeroquad.info/bin/view

Vicacopter
* http://vicacopter.com/index.php * http://vicacopter.com/vicacopter.112307.tar.bz2 Gumstix helicopter UAV * http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A19367 Various links to projects

Asctec quodrocopter
* Increased payload uses Eight motors. * http://diydrones.com/forum/attachment/download?id=705844%3AUploadedFi58%3A12788 * http://www.asctec.de/ German quadro-copters closed source team at asctec. de for prices

Quadrocopters
* http://forum.xufo.net/bb/viewforum.php?f=27 * http://egofood.blogspot.com/2006/01/ill-show-you-im-gonna-blog-itthe-age.html#comments (based on a gumstix+robostix and a 6DOF IMU from Sparkfun+3axis magnetometer) * http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=698 2-degree IMU gyros $74. * http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=de_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.xufo-shop.de%2f * http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=757716 * http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A731 User Zlinte rcgroups.com * http://www.informationvision.net/ From diydrones.com * http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A3225 Alison UAV project * http://pictearthing.com/ * http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A2525 Gyro stabilized camera * http://www.quadroufo.com/ * http://www.infrared1.com/UAV.html * http://www.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.uavp.ch%2F&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=de&ie=UTF8 * http://claraty.jpl.nasa.gov/ Nasa robotics software

Quad
* http://fholzhauer.de/bleeps/index.php/archives/2008/09/30/autonomous-quadrocopters/ * http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/rc/a5b0/

Dragonflyer x6 UAV quodrocopter
* http://www.draganfly.com * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ3sa1iGcZo

UAV split
* http://www.armokopter.at/

UAV turbines for power
http://www.makanipower.com/

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/05/17/100517fa_fact_owen

DIY drones Feb 2011
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=164707 Build blog on arducopter Hexa version, parts list description etc.

Use same motors
http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/quadrotor-1 ''use the same measured kv values and us i2c control, not PWM. Lookup table won't work, the control algorithm in the PD equation must compensate.''

patents
http://fling.seas.upenn.edu/~dmel/wiki/index.php?n=Main.Publications

Mark Jolly, Andrew Meyers, Daniel Mellinger, Doug Ivers, Askari Badre-Alam, Doug Swanson, and Russ Altieri. Helicopter Vibration Control System and Circular Force Generation System for Canceling Vibrations. WO/2009/126608

http://www.patentstorm.us/applications/20100034655/claims.html

Quads in the news
http://www.suasnews.com/2009/08/39/airrobots-quad-used-by-derbyshire-police/ BNP rally watched

links

 * http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1097355 Larg*e base of links, motors, fpv etc..
 * Quad frames
 * http://onlyflyingmachines.com/ Frames built to order.