Hi! Nice project! :) Which propellers do you use? Thanks! JG

BTW, have you considered an IMU 6DOF? Or a cheaper alternative...

I found this for $99:

SpacePoint? Fusion include:

• One piece solution: no need to install a sensor bar or camera
• Low latency: below human perception
• 9 DOM: 3-axis magnetometer, 3-axis gyroscope, 3-axis accelerometer
• Proprietary extended Kalman filter to fuse raw sensor data into meaningful orientation data.
• Outputs can be raw sensor data and calculated quaternions
• USB/HID interface: no need for custom drivers
• Example VC++ program and application note
• Example web-based Unity demos(v10.5)

http://www.pnicorp.com/products/all/spacepoint-fusion

That SpacePoint? sensor looks perfect for a UAV, but its USB. How easy would it be to integrate with the Arduino?

it was a bad idea:

http://diydrones.com/profiles/blog/show?id=705844%3ABlogPost%3A124090&commentId=705844%3AComment%3A125115&xg_source=activity

they looked into it and it's made for pc or game devices, many important details make it unusable for other purposes

What are you using for your batteries? And how much flight time do you get?

http://invensense.com/mems/gyro/tripleaxis.html That should lower your cost quite a bit.

What's the price on that, Tom?

(wow, I'm surprised at how active this project is, considering I only just Googled the idea)

Did you buy the frame or build your own? Excellent work.

Why not pass on the compass and use full GPS, and turn the thing into a drone? :D

http://www.libelium.com/squidbee/index.php?title=GPS_module

compass might still be needed :) great project!

You should include the frame and skids in your shopping list since you bought them from mikrokopter.de

What about propellers?

Cheers

Ceri

Excelent project!! Do you know if somebody use the Sparkfun 9DOF Razor IMU? It costs about $125 and it has all the sensors we need... Do you believe that it could be adapted to your project?

Congrats!

I am also interested in what propellers and battery you are using. This looks like a fun project!

you did not mentioned the battery anywhere ??

+1 for the battery comment...with the 15A motors, wouldn't you need several 5000mAh batteries?

Hi, Is there any chance this could get updated for the current level of technology? I see many 3-axis Gyros on the market that, if you could use them, would significantly lower the price of the hardware.

Also, You need to update the links to the motor parts: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=5687 and http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=2161

They changed their URL structure.