Simon Eddie
New Member
Hello quadcopterForum, I am looking to build my own quadcopter (or rather a few and testing different lifting capabilities depending on a few factors). I do have access to a 3D printer and will be using it to print out the "body" of my quadcopter (already have models completed). My current plan for the actual chopper software is rather complicated, and I feel that it is there where I need some help.
I was planning on buying 4 rotors/motors (reccomendations?) that are capable of connecting to some form of box with bluetooth capabilities which will also have accelerometers etc. hooked up to it. This bluetooth box would then connect to an iPhone which is where the actual software would be stored (I know to a lesser extent how to program apps on an iPhone). The chopper would then be controlled from another iPhone on the ground using a wireless 3G connection to the iPhone on the chopper itself.
Even though this sounds very complicated compared to just buying a ready-made quadcopter, stripping the parts and placing it on a 3D printed frame I feel as though my approach has many advantages; As long as the 3G connection is stable (which it is where I live) control of the chopper should be flawless and work at any range, the iPhone itself has many useful gadjets such as GPS tracking, cameras etc which are nice to have.
Do you feel as if this is a good approach to building my own quadcopter or is there a simpler and better way to do it? What I really dont know is what "box" is capable of using a bluetooth connection to an iPhone whilst being able to transmit information back and forth from 4 motors and 3 accelerometers. My budjet on this project is around 100$-300$.
TL;DR: Building my own quadcopter, 100$-300$, have access to 3D-printer, need help on how to do it the best and simplest way.
I was planning on buying 4 rotors/motors (reccomendations?) that are capable of connecting to some form of box with bluetooth capabilities which will also have accelerometers etc. hooked up to it. This bluetooth box would then connect to an iPhone which is where the actual software would be stored (I know to a lesser extent how to program apps on an iPhone). The chopper would then be controlled from another iPhone on the ground using a wireless 3G connection to the iPhone on the chopper itself.
Even though this sounds very complicated compared to just buying a ready-made quadcopter, stripping the parts and placing it on a 3D printed frame I feel as though my approach has many advantages; As long as the 3G connection is stable (which it is where I live) control of the chopper should be flawless and work at any range, the iPhone itself has many useful gadjets such as GPS tracking, cameras etc which are nice to have.
Do you feel as if this is a good approach to building my own quadcopter or is there a simpler and better way to do it? What I really dont know is what "box" is capable of using a bluetooth connection to an iPhone whilst being able to transmit information back and forth from 4 motors and 3 accelerometers. My budjet on this project is around 100$-300$.
TL;DR: Building my own quadcopter, 100$-300$, have access to 3D-printer, need help on how to do it the best and simplest way.