This is Piotr Esden-Tempski's personal blog Zola 2011-09-15T00:00:00+00:00 https://esden.net/tags/rc/atom.xml 2011-09-15T00:00:00+00:00 2011-09-15T00:00:00+00:00 Esden https://esden.net/blog/2011-09-15-quadshot/ <p><a href="/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/quadshot_picture_w8.jpg"><img src="https://esden.net/blog/2011-09-15-quadshot/images/quadshot_picture_w8-300x199.jpg" alt="" title="quadshot_picture_w8" /></a> Hi everyone,</p> <p>As you probably notice I am very busy lately. Together with some friends we were working on <a rel="noopener external" target="_blank" href="http://thequadshot.com">the Quadshot</a> an aerobatic blend between a quadrocopter and an airplane.</p> <p>It takes off and lands vertically like a quadrocopter as well as it can fly forward like an airplane using its wing to add additional lift extending flight time.</p> <p>We submitted the project to <a rel="noopener external" target="_blank" href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jkg/quadshot-an-aerobatic-blend-of-rc-helis-and-planes">Kickstarter</a> and we are very happy to see that we got such a great response. The Kickstarter funding runs for another three days and if you pledge you can get a Quadshot at a discounted price as a reward.</p> <p>At it's heart Quadshot is using the avionics and software framework of <a rel="noopener external" target="_blank" href="http://paparazzi.enac.fr">Paparazzi</a>. We developed the additional necessary controls for Quadshot and released them. So Quadshot has Open-Hardware electronics and Open-Source firmware making it a great platform for research and hacking.</p> <p>Having an autopilot makes it also very easy to fly for a beginner RC pilot.</p> <p>I hope to find some more time in the future to get into more details about Quadshot. But till then check out the following links:</p> <ul> <li><a rel="noopener external" target="_blank" href="http://thequadshot.com">our project website</a></li> <li><a rel="noopener external" target="_blank" href="http://thequadshot.com/video.html">videos</a></li> <li><a rel="noopener external" target="_blank" href="http://forum.thequadshot.com">forum</a></li> <li><a rel="noopener external" target="_blank" href="http://paparazzi.enac.fr">Paparazzi UAV wiki</a></li> <li><a rel="noopener external" target="_blank" href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jkg/quadshot-an-aerobatic-blend-of-rc-helis-and-planes">our Kickstarter project page</a></li> </ul> <p>Cheers Esden</p>