OpenPilot - Copter Control 3D is out!

Our friends at OpenPilot have just released their CC3D offering for multicopter flight control. Here is an impressive list of features this module sports, taken directly from the release notes, but first check out one of their video trailers below:

CC3D Launch Trailer: Gundamnitpete "Action" from OpenPilot on Vimeo.

The CC3D is the best performing OpenPilot board to date with some very exciting and important updates:

• Includes the Invensense MPU-6000 combined gyro and accelerometer sensor
• Has 16Mb flash on board, an upgrade over the 4Mb on the CopterControl
• Numerous minor tweaks and improvements over the original CopterControl
• Takes full advantage of new features in the updated OpenPilot software suite released recently
• The CC3D includes all the previous features that made the original CopterControl such a well received flight controller such as the innovative flexiport, serial port connectivity to Spektrum satellite receivers via a low cost adapter and powerful STM32 processor.

The CC3D will be the last in the CopterControl series of flight controllers. The OpenPilot team is excited to switch complete focus towards our next generation platform of controllers, the Revolution.

The London RC Project team wishes the guys at OpenPilot best of luck with further development of this incredible platform! :)

Warthox - featured channel

While we're on the subject of awesome multi-rotor flying, make sure you check out Warthox's channel. this guy is probably one of the most incredible pilots posting videos online... here's a sample from his Vimeo channel.

mwc quad // mt2208 motor from warthox on Vimeo.

Open Pilot multi-rotor controller pulling 3D stunts!

The mighty juz70 shows off some really sick 3D flying with his quad, using the Open Pilot CC3D board... Awesome! buckle up and watch these two videos to induce salivation (or a head-spin!)

Open-Source Remote Control

Every once in a while, a product comes along that has the potential to change everything in an industry. I firmly believe that the Open Source Remote Control system is one of these products. It sounds absolutely revolutionary! FPV, model sensors, GPS, modular construction... it's all there in one package!

Make sure you visit their site by clicking on the image below!

source: www.os-rc.com

Another incredible urban multi-rotor vid from Juz70!

This guy just never ceases to amaze me! Enjoy this incredible footage with night-time urban views, complete with crazy proximity and confined-space flying - all mashed up with a sick dubstep track!

RQCX-3 "Raven" FPV Hex Technical Report

Our friends from the Roswell Flight Test Crew have released a very interesting video detailing their newest addition to their FPV arsenal! Enjoy!

Awesome FPV film - Golden by Juz70

I found this video completely by accident, but it seems that the guy has a very strong following - and rightfully so! His videos are very beautiful indeed! Enjoy this one and, if you like what you see, make sure to subscribe to his channel! :)

Roswell Flight Test Crew releases more footage!

In a  recent post by Lucidity, the team at RFTC promises to release a new series of FPV multi-copter videos called Rough Cuts. We will hopefully learn even more from these, as well as marvel at the locations and piloting skills :)

The post can be found here:
http://roswellflighttestcrew.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/when-were-not-flying-over-something-dangerous.html

Also: Many thanks for the mention! :D

RCSchim's TriCopter over archeo dig & art installation

RCSchim has just released an awesome video showing a set of cool summer flights over an archeological dig site, as well as a very interesting art installation in the wild! More detail in the original blog post. Here is the video:

Team Black Sheep on SternTV

Team Black Sheep has just released a video from SternTV, which tells their story in about 12 minutes. German audio, English subs.

enjoy!

Polish RoboCopter - incredible stadium footage!

Another absolutely insane video from latajacakamera, a Polish robocopter camera outfit, who brought us the Polish riots videos recently. This time, filming stunning footage of a football match on one of the biggest stadiums in Poland... with winds of up to 50km/h... and at night!

Enjoy!

DTI RTN KSM150V1 GT - Turbine UAV test flight video

A test flight video just came out for this bizarre turbine-driven UAV. What an interesting construction!

News: Polish riot police captured by a robo-copter!

I found this incredible post on Roswell Flight Test Crew's blog earlier today:
http://roswellflighttestcrew.typepad.com/blog/2011/11/the-future-really-truly-is-now.html

it features the following two videos, which I can only say are... impressive!

News: Roswell Flight Test Crew covers a Search & Rescue exercise

The phenomenal folks at RFTC  have just released an awesome video, where they cover a SAR exercise on location with their quad copters armed with FPV GoPro based systems! Enjoy the video and make sure to head on over to their blog for more details!