This link to RC Groups Forum will give you some ideas that other people have tried. Be warned that this forum is, as of today, over 650 pages long, so you may have to dig to find the useful bits!
- A large part of the discussion is about a company and their product, intended for use by the hobby enthusiast. The company in question is Hoverfly Quadcopter Flight Control Systems. Hoverfly have developed a PC board that contains all the sensors required for stable, automatic RC flight. To complete your quadrocopter, you need to add-
- 4 X Motors ( Brushed or brushless)
- 4 X Matching ESCs
- 1 X Frame
- 1 X LiPo battery
- 1 X RC Transmitter
- 1 X RC Receiver.
The cost of the board is, at present, $360-so this does fall into the RC Hobby area.
The video below will give you a good idea of the kind of machine that can be built, using this technology for RC flight.
Hoverfly Y6 Demo from Al Ducharme on Vimeo.
The Parrot AR Drone.
This micro drone is truly an amazing quadrocopter! It is advertised as a "The flying Video Game" and when you start to study this device you can understand why!
Visit the AR.Drone page, on this web site, for full information Maybe the most amazing point regarding the AR Drone is that it is controlled by your iPhone or iPad! You do not need to purchase an expensive RC transmitter to fly this baby!
The accelerometers within the i-device are the quadrocopter's roll and pitch control. This has to be the easiest remote controlled helicopter to fly! It really is a robot microdrone that includes video cameras that feed back to the i-device with real time video.
As you can see from the Amazon.com advertisement,( In the column to the left) the price for this marvel is $300. That includes everything you need to fly-except for the iPhone
The video below shows all the details-take a look-you will not be disappointed!
MikroKopter.
This is a German company that does offer complete kits, ready to build, of several different models. Some models have GPS capability, which can result in some remarkable flights! (See the video below)
The web site has full details of a number of different models and many components.
If you would like to talk to people, who have similar interests, then there is a forum, full of how to do it information and hints and tips to ensure success.
MikroKopter - HexaKopter from Holger Buss on Vimeo.
The RC Quadrocopter: The Blade mQX RTF and BNF.
At last there is an RC quadrocopter that is widely available and made by Horizon Hobbies-The Blade mQX.
Take a look at this page for full details-The RC Quadrocopter: The Blade mQX RTF and BNF.
A Scale RC Model Helicopter, the Blade Huey UH-1 RTF.
This scale RC model helicopter, is an accurate replica of the Bell Iroquois, from the Viet Nam era. Easy to fly, this collective pitch, remote controlled helicopter is complete and truly ready-to-fly.
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