Comments on: CCCamp 2007: Quad-copters

By: Terc

Terc — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:46:40 +0000

Although I'm under the impression that quad copters are more focused on stability, the mention of maneuverability made me feel the need to post an Alan Szabo clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0zH6QQZXAI

By: nathan belomy

nathan belomy — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:11:25 +0000

that is cool!

By: Henning

Henning — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:55:51 +0000

The quadrocopter shown at CCC-Camp was a Mikrokopter (http://www.mikrokopter.de/). Unfortunately most pages are currently only available in German. But there are already some people from other countries building Mikrokopters. Here is their forum: http://mikrocontroller.cco-ev.de/forum/forum-17.html

By: Otacon22

Otacon22 — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:29:06 +0000

Is the first copter seen in the video home-made? if yes, can we know something more about components?

By: t0ny

t0ny — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:49:30 +0000

I bought a xufo which is kind like that. It was fun for a while then the mechanical gyro broke in flight about 20 feet above the ground. It flipped upside down then went down.

By: meshugy

meshugy — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 07:52:26 +0000

I have two of these……cheap ones, but you can buy them from http://www.Thinkgeek.com those ones take a little bit of tweeking to fly that stable. If you want to speand the money, http://www.rctoys.com sells the dragonflyer; pricy, but controls and flies really well. The former one you can get on thinkgeek is made by silverlit, and there are alot of german sites that are fans of this platform. like….http://forum.xufo.net/bb/index.php Check it out, use the translate button to read it in english for those that don’t read the guttural.

By: Sander

Sander — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 14:26:07 +0000

As z0rk already has mentioned, see http://www.uavp.de/index.php?lang=en

It's an complete opensource project. And the thing flies awsome! I just cant get enough from the next movie : http://www.rcmovie.net/view_video.php?viewkey=328ecb03c598409e2b16.

The way it just shoots away sideways ^^.

By: strider_mt2k

strider_mt2k — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:52:43 +0000

Awe and wonder.

awe and wonder.

By: EarlJr

EarlJr — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 06:27:32 +0000

@ 1:
look to http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/index.php under their multi-rotor and vtol sections.

@ 3:
I'm building one as well, but Alaska isn't exactly the bay area.

By: mike

mike — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:56:04 +0000

just strap some LEDs on that thing, and go out in the middle of the night and fly it. You’re bound to have tons of “UFO” sightings…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:17:25 +0000

Do the blades really stop occasionally or is that just a function of the frame rate of the camera?

By: Linen0ise

Linen0ise — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:33:19 +0000

That first video copter is sweet. Wouldn’t mind building with a camera mount. I have my neighborhood believing in UFO’s after I get done with it. Nice

By: Todd S

Todd S — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:01:57 +0000

Not to be whining but for some reason, no one seems to be good at video-capturing RC helicopters! ;-)

By: z0rk

z0rk — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:34:00 +0000

@Chris Friend: Here it is:
http://www.uavp.de/index.php?lang=en

Complete plans and software for an quad-copter. Have fun!

z0rk

By: sqnewton

sqnewton — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:24:25 +0000

Very interesting devices. I have been planning on building one for fun and other purposes. Anybody in the Bay Area (CA) seriously interested? :) We may create an ‘open source’ project. s q n e w t o n -at- h o t m a i l . c o m