ArduCopter 3DR - Fully featured UAV development platform.
This new ArduCopter frame design incorporates several new features. The landing gear are moved further apart making the quad more stable during takeoff and landing. They also allow a wider unobstructed field of view if you mount a camera beneath the main frame. The center platform is wider allowing more room to mount electronics in addition to the space in the stackup. Leave the very top empty to protect the electronics in case of upside down landing. The arms are strong enough to withstand a heavy impact. They extend past the motors to protect them in a sideways collision. The frame is designed to fit APM screw holes in any orientation. It fits the roll/tilt camera mount and the sonar mounting bracket. This kit is designed and manufactured at the 3D Robotics headquarters in San Diego, California. This item comes fully assembled and ready to use, with several options available to customize, such as telemetry and sonar additions.
You can find more information about development status and more:
- DIY Drones main site
- ArduCopter development wiki
- ArduCopter software downloads
ArduCopter 3DR Ready to fly contains the following:
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2 Fiberglass Main frame boards
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4 Aluminum arms
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2 Fiberglass Carrier boards
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Fiberglass Landing gear
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Power distribution board, power cables and signal cables for PDB-APM
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All hardware needed to assemble the components above
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4 motors
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4 20A ESCs
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4 propellers
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Ardupilot Mega 2.5; and GPS unit (Mediatek or uBlox)
Features
* ArduCopter Platform Feature, software roadmap
* 6 Degree of Freedom IMU stabilized control
* Gyro stabilized flight mode enabling acrobatics (loops and barrel rolls)
* Magnetometer for heading determination
* Barometer for altitude hold
* IR sensor integration for obstacle avoidance
* Sonar sensor for automated takeoff and landing capability (Sold separately)
* Automated waypoint navigation
* Motor control using low cost standard PWM Electronics Speed Controllers (ESC's) *
* On board flight telemetery data storage
* Mounted camera stabilization capability
* Wireless command & telemetry for long distance communication (sold separately)
* Capability to fly in "+", "x", quad, hexa and octo configurations
* Battery level detection * * User configurable LED flight pattern
* Capability to use any R/C receiver
* ArduCopter Configuration and Ground Control Software
* Realtime graphs of flight data
* GUI for configuration of PID and other flight parameters
* On Screen Display (OSD) integration,
* Waypoint programming using Google Maps,
* Mixertable view to auto configure "+", "x", quad, hexa and octo configurations,
* Due this is a community product, features can change without any notice!
