Mikroquad

Wow, I can't believe I missed this one. Someone has been working (HARD) on an Arduino based quad.

http://mikroquad.com/bin/view/Main/WebHome

Their source was put up on the 21st of December

http://code.google.com/p/mikroquad/

Looks like a great start. I need to get my planes finished so that I can build one of these too!

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Moderator Comment by Jack Crossfire on December 31, 2008 at 11:35pm
It may be wishing for too much, but humans need to be more creative with the names. Mikroquad sounds just like http://www.mikrokopter.de/ucwiki/en but mikrokopter also has plans for home made ESC's, all using Atmel products. They probably made the ESC's to get higher update rates, but you can get 200Hz with Super Simple ESC's now.
Comment by Venom57 on January 1, 2009 at 7:00am
From what I see, the Mikroquad uses commercial ESCs. That's my plan anyway. I don't want to use that spctrosolutions board (same one as in the dragan fly) because I think he put too much on the PCB. When ESCs are so inexpensive, why not let someone else make them. It's not like in the large 1000mm configuration a few extra ounces is going to make any difference, the platform can carry up to 8 pounds.
Comment by Venom57 on January 1, 2009 at 7:05am
oh, and I agree with the name. Seems very German to me for some reason.

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