ArduCopter 6dof - OmniCopter

[@661FPV]

WOW amazing work! When everyone said it was impossible, here you make it look easy. Hopefully Terry will be impressed and pay up that 25K$

[@sandersassen]

Mad props! I tip my hat to you dear sir, this is most excellent work!

[@DirtyLew42]

it is wild watching that thing fly

[@ZeranZeran]

Woah. I've never seen this done before, really cool work here man! This is going to be used all over the world someday.

[@kevinleetreetimefpv111]

That is AWESOME!!! So impressed. I thought about this project, the physical properties not so hard for me but the electronics just are beyond me. You did an awesome spectacular job. WOW!!! Good job 👏 👍 👌

[@LittleMissRollerCoaster]

you actually did it! superb engineering and programming!

[@prandtlmayer]

This is absolutely brilliant

[@Gymnastalex321]

That’s INSANE 😍 All you need now is an FPV camera on a servo to change it’s direction and 360 camera 😏 The applications are endless!

[@AdrianoCasemiro]

You did it! Fantastic work!

[@alford35]

Awesome!!! So glad this is moving along. Much props to you! Things will change rather drastically once 12 motors and software to keep head tracking working will be worth so much money!!! Terrance is on to more than most realized that commented negatively on Joshua’s stream. I felt bad for everyone involved when saw how pathetic our community revealed itself to be. I’d honestly invest in this tech is how I feel about it’s potential. Be careful man just being honest here. So much physical constraints could be lifted from how many think about modern flight with this design that it could open up avenues that haven’t even been thought about.

[@yannickg6904]

Fantastic Work! It looks like an alien craft.

[@MrFaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Whoa! Reminds me of flying in star citizen/elite dangerous. I'd love to fly something like this at my desk FPV with 2 full sized 3-axis joysticks.

[@index7787]

It would make a lot of sense to control the motors with virtual grouping (control motor/lifting motors/bias of each). The current "lifting motors" will need different rates/tune and if the drone is truly free to rotate on all 3 rotational axis while hovering in place, it will easily be able to tell orientation/gravity by motor amp draw and assign the proper PID's to the correct group; lifting motors, control motor, or for any angle, the respective components of each. I have a custom opentx with thumb pots on both sticks, it's nice to actually have all 6-axis right at you're fingertips. Let me know is you want to this thing to orbit in place like mine, good tune btw, and I dig you're motor layout.

[@DrKnow65]

Would be interesting to see your omniCopter in a variable pitch arrangement where all props are at a constant velocity. I imagine weight is already a key limiter?

[@index7787]

The main advantage with variable pitch is running everything off one motor and saving a ton of weight. And the massive increase in control authority. Would be cool, I'll look into it.

[@LeonardThomasHall]

Fantastic mate!!!

[@ericlotze7724]

Do you have CAD or Documentation of the Building?

[@ericlotze7724]

I hope you win the prize! Also you should try a "Make: Magazine" "Instuctables" and "Hackaday" as they would probably LOVE this project as much as all us viewers have !

[@maazshahid8920]

Hello, I was wondering if you have any design files that you can share

[@d4ro]

great if it can fly in any direction it is perfect to use as 360 camera orb

[@曾义国]

wow! it is amazing work!

[@jemlittle1787]

Awesome work, something many (myself included) thought was impossiball lol

[@RuthlessFpv]

This is super cool man !!!!! They need to givenit to you !!! I would've never made this work haha

[@abramovfpv]

great work!

[@index7787]

Sup, I have a similar bird. I use virtual grouping of the motors to separate them (real-time) into lifting, control, or a components of each. Separate PID tunes for each group. Mine can rotate on all axies while hovering in place or flying a circuit. 3rd loop monitors motor amp draw/accelerometers to constantly "guess" where straight up is, it fights drift pretty well. I run an opentx with thumb pots on the sticks, so I have 6-axies on the sticks.

[@MrIampete]

Is there anymore info about your copter? Would love to see how it flys. ArduPilot runs a EKF for state estimation so it has a very good idea which way is up most of the time.

[@johnnobody]

Useing a hand geo remote

[@drone_stylefpv6009]

Very cool,you can do videy syep by step, how you do this?! Very cool to see how this fly and how long time in air.

[@steinne]

real nice work....

[@persianpride1989]

Where can I find the design for this? this is some serious stuff. well done butt

[@martinvarga4147]

cool piece of technology :)

[@slurp95]

Impressive !

[@lolandypanda]

its awesome!!!

[@RichardRaueiser]

Could you share your pid tunes, I forgot the sense of upright, LOL!

[@index7787]

Pid tunes are sensitive down to the resonance/rigidity/weight of the frame. His tune wouldn't give you much. Besides, it would make much more sense to control the motors with virtual grouping. The current lifting motors will need different rates and if the drone is truly free to rotate on all 3 rotational axis while hovering in place, it will easily be able to tell orientation/gravity by motor amp draw and assign the proper PID's to the correct group; lifting motors, control motor, or for any angle, the respective component vectors of each.

[@brmcf]

More please

[@KnightFlyer]

Well done!

[@mistercohaagen]

Neat! Did you get Terrance Howard's money yet?

[@mistercohaagen]

www.terryslynchpins.com/

[@noisy_boi_fpv_3920]

Did u het paid or is this fake

[@yooyo999]

amazing

[@leoponce82ponce]

that is awsome..send this to bardwell

[@blackturbine]

try to use all propellers with same rotation (all CW or all CCW) to get good stability on all axies

[@MrIampete]

any maths behind your statement? I have simulated all combinations, maybe I have overlooked something?

[@blackturbine]

@@MrIampete looks like a good idea to try to make it completely symmetrical since you are having problems lifting off in certain positions. worth a shot...

[@index7787]

@@MrIampete He's talking about "preloading" axies for stability (and, technically, inefficientcy). But your control setup is significantly more flexible bc of the bi-directional motors.

[@Jayvb-ml8li]

Wow 😳

[@Theubershadow]

This is seriously impressive! How many hour did it consume till this point?

[@duncanpope2899]

Wow, looking forward to seeing it do acro 😆

[@marie-louisecompper3454]

Well done , i've had the same idea do you participate to the competition ? If yes, text me.

[@MrIampete]

Yes, I have entered

[@marie-louisecompper3454]

@@MrIampete me too, and in fact, i look for someone to join, i'm alone and i have difficulty to buy all i need for the drone, and i don't know nothing about FPV and electronics. Can i join you, i have some ideas. I shared on Instagram my ideas and Terrence and the team would like to see them in action

[@marie-louisecompper3454]

You can find me on Instagram

[@dou8letap82]

@@marie-louisecompper3454 Why would you enter the contest if you have no idea what you're doing?

[@marie-louisecompper3454]

@@dou8letap82 i know how to do, i have got ideas, i said this because i don't live in USA and i don't know where to buy the material to build the drone. I need more time, i think i will send the video out of the competition time. See you soon

[@crazychange5635]

Proud of you bro lol

[@yankoaleksandrov]

cool

[@Jayvb-ml8li]

How much for you to make me one ??(i’m a serious buyer(one that’s Digital)

[@K_Nasty]

#JoshuaBardwell

[@brandonphillips8008]

Ufo tech with propeller's

[@jayward7536]

Good job buiding it but what is the point really terance howard is just a wack job