Autonomous Quadcopter

[Roko]

I thought I'd share a project I've been working on for fun...  An autonomous quadcopter (using KOS for control, and a few mods for the quadcopter itself.). Initial goals were to create an flight controller, and to use the quadcopter as part of a Duna Sample Return mission, all while using remote-tech, so everything had to work autonomously.

Short Action Video: https://imgur.com/Cb4s0j3

It's capable of flying various scripted missions, which can include any combination of:
- Flying to a waypoint, or a series of waypoints!
- Conducting science, then saving or transmitting!
- Hovering for absolutely no reason whatsoever!
- Safely landing sometimes!
- Docking with a docking port (i.e. for sample return missions)!

Also includes a rudimentary abort function to seek out the nearest flat-ish area to land (including when battery gets low).

Source and craft file on Github. https://github.com/iamroko/KSP_Quadcopter

Currently tuned fairly well for Duna, and "good enough" for Kerbin. Haven't gotten to Laythe or Eve yet in this play-through, but will update if/when I do. I might even get around to cleaning up the ugly/poor code at some point too

Edited September 7, 2022 by Roko