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! :)

[Video] Meet Your Creator - Quadrotor Show

Check out this incredible light show, with the use of 16 quads and some crazy electronic music. This is certainly a first...

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!)

The last Twickenham Indoor Evening Flying of the season

Last night, I took part in an awesome event in Twickenham - the Indoor Evening Flying. There was a ton of 3D foamies, micro-helis and, of course, a whole lot of multi-rotors. Really cool! Check out the time-lapse video below:

Walkera Ladybird Mini UFO

Walkers has announced a new product - a 10cm quad fielding telemetry and looking like rather over-sized ladybird... let's hope they get it right, for their own sake... :)

Quad orchestra!

My friend James from rpff.org pointed me to this video of a swarm of quads performing a live music track. I'm speechless! Check it out below:

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!

An 'intelligent' swarm of micro-quads!

If you follow the current developments in FPV, auto pilot hardware or multi-rotors, you probably already saw this video. If you haven't - here's your chance to shout: 'real-life Space Invaders!!'

Check out how agile and intelligent these little beasts are! The possibilities are endless - from military applications to search and rescue in difficult or dangerous areas. Fantastic project!

 

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

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!

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!

News: e-volo conducts the first successful manned multicopter flight

It's here! the first multicopter capable of flying with a person on board!

From the official release note:

At the end of October 2011, Thomas Senkel of e-volo made the first manned flight with an e-powered multicopter at an airstrip in the southwest of Germany. The flight lasted one minute and 30 seconds, after which the constructor and test pilot stated: "The flight characteristics are good natured. Without any steering input it would just hover there on the spot". This could be the future of flight, piloting a device as simple as a car. 

More information: www.e-volo.com