Templar3lf
New Member
Sitting here staring at the remains of a micro knock-off rc-helicopter toy, currently being powered by the output from an Arduino Uno as the Lipo died a while back, and I started wondering:
Could I create a micro quadcopter, between 30-80g, small enough to fit in a hand, using an Arduino Nano or Arduino Leonardo Micro combined with an MPU-6050 gyro+accelerometer combination; and if so, how much power would I need for how long a flight time, how powerful motors would you suggest, brush-less or otherwise?
To start with I want to skip user input and program the Arduino chip to simply hover using input from the MPU-6050. The MPU-6050 is listed as 3g, whereas the Arduino Nano is listed as 6, with the Arduino Leonardo Micro a little lighter. As for a frame, I have some spare balsa wood lying around, which might do.
Sorry about all the noob questions. There seems to be such a range of quadcopter designs that it's difficult to find any non-conflicting information on the web.
Could I create a micro quadcopter, between 30-80g, small enough to fit in a hand, using an Arduino Nano or Arduino Leonardo Micro combined with an MPU-6050 gyro+accelerometer combination; and if so, how much power would I need for how long a flight time, how powerful motors would you suggest, brush-less or otherwise?
To start with I want to skip user input and program the Arduino chip to simply hover using input from the MPU-6050. The MPU-6050 is listed as 3g, whereas the Arduino Nano is listed as 6, with the Arduino Leonardo Micro a little lighter. As for a frame, I have some spare balsa wood lying around, which might do.
Sorry about all the noob questions. There seems to be such a range of quadcopter designs that it's difficult to find any non-conflicting information on the web.