Build Your Own Quadcopter: Power Up Your Designs with the Parallax Elev-8

Build a custom multirotor aircraft Build and customize radio-controlled quadcopters that take off land hover and soar Build Your Own Quadcopter Power Up Your Designs with the Parallax Elev- features step-by-step assembly plans and experiments that will have you launching fully functioning quadcopters in no time Discover how to connect Elev- components program the microcontroller use GPS and safely fly your quadcopter This fun do-it-yourself guide fuels your creativity with ideas for radical enhancements including return-to-home functionality formation flying and even artificial intelligence Understand the principles that govern how quadcopters fly Explore the parts included in your Parallax Elev- kit Follow illustrated instructions and assemble a basic copter Connect the Parallax chip to a PC and write Spin and C programs Build radio-controlled systems that minimize interference Add GPS and track your aircraft through Google Earth Beam flight information to smartphones with WiFi and XBee technology Mount cameras and stream real-time video back to the ground Train to safely operate a quadcopter using flight simulation software.