Quadcopter

I'm building a quadcopter using these hardware, software, and ideas:

• • Teensy board from http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/

  • Wii MotionPlus and Nunchuck, from DealExtreme (both not original, ~$12 total:)

  • BaronPilot software from http://www.elenafrancesco.org/arduino/baronpilot

  • Some RC hardware from HobbyKing, as usual (will write up more on this later)

Build log / Images:

Baseplate contains BEC and two heavy power buses that connect the four ESCs:

On the opposite side, there are screws that hold four aluminum beams with motors (using wing nuts for easy assembly/disassembly):

Master board installed (also using wing nuts; I also tried to protect it somehow from vibration by adding some rubber rings here and there, but I doubt it will actually do anything):

Everything connected together:

Update 04/02/2011

I've been busy with a completely different project, so this was sitting in my desk waiting for a long time.

Now I've set up the software for the board (BaronPilot with tweaks for various directions etc, and with GUI from MultiWii), attached props and battery, and it finally looks like a real quadcopter:

I've turned it on, holding it in my hand, and felt that it has a lot of power, and tries to counteract when I tilt it. Good. The first flight is nearing!