Development of lightweight and low-cost fully autonomous hexacopter UAV

• Main Authors: Mansor, Yaakob, Mansor, Shattri, Mohd Shafri, Helmi Zulhaidi, Ramli, Abdul Rahman, Isola, Ajibola Ismaila
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Science & Technology Research Institute for Defence (STRIDE), Ministry of Defence 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61460/1/Development%20of%20lightweight%20and%20low-cost%20fully%20autonomous%20hexacopter%20UAV.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61460/; http://www.stride.gov.my/v2/index.php/ms/penerbitan/buletin-teknikal-s-t-pertahanan/49-buletin-teknikal-s-t-pertahanan-jilid-10-bil-3-2017
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

This research successfully developed a low-cost and lightweight hexacopter UAVs, with total payload of 1.44 kg and flight time of 15.5 min. The assembly and integration techniques cover the UAV’s acquisition system, components and calibration, pre-flight check using waypoints, and diagnosis of probl...