Do all quadcopters have flight controller boards ?

[larryesc]

Do all quad-copters have flight controller boards ?

 

[Jackson]

Yes.

 

[GJH105775]

It is possible, to fly without one, but it would take someone really impressive to do it. But for all practical purposes you need a stabilization board. Orange makes a receiver with built in stabilization.

 

[holtneil]

Hi mate I dont think the orange one will work on a quad, tarot xyz s1 will

 

[larryesc]

thnx for the advice on the FCB. I started by just a test board for an ESC and brushless motor. Now I'm looking more at the entire QUAD.
My most recent insight is feeding my PICAXE micro-controller directly to 4 esc/motor combos. This wud just be for limited preliminary tests.

 

[GJH105775]

PICAXE programming is beginning to become kind of dated, and writing stabilization firmware is no easy task. Even with all of the opensource softwares for Arduino it is easily a minimum of a 4 month task.

 

[larryesc]

PICAXE programming is beginning to become kind of dated, and writing stabilization firmware is no easy task. Even with all of the opensource softwares for Arduino it is easily a minimum of a 4 month task.

 

[larryesc]

Thnx for ur note on picaxe, but I just use it to send throttle sigs. In a tethered environment, I will send a low speed to all motors, and visually adjust 4 equal speeds. Then I will increase speed for a minimal ascent. So I am an experimenter.

 

[GJH105775]

Thnx for ur note on picaxe, but I just use it to send throttle sigs. In a tethered environment, I will send a low speed to all motors, and visually adjust 4 equal speeds. Then I will increase speed for a minimal ascent. So I am an experimenter.

Hahaha, sounds good, but remember that you will need to incorporate some stabilization.

 

[MikeR]

Some have surfboards.