How the Flight Controller Code Works - dRehmFlight VTOL

This video will walk you through the flight controller code of dRehmFlight VTOL to give you a better understanding of the contents and structure. The hope is that it will cover almost everything you need to know in order to feel comfortable navigating the code within the Arduino environment. You can then make your modifications as needed for your custom VTOL aircraft.

While extensive, this video is not comprehensive and should serve only as a starting point in getting familiar with dRehmFlight VTOL. The provided documentation on GitHub covers every topic in much more detail and it is recommended to read in full if you are interested in better understanding the code. However after setting up the radio and IMU connections, the majority of code modifications are simply performed within the control mixer function which is where you specify how the motors and servos on your vehicle should move for your aircraft configuration.

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[NicholasRehm]

Hi all, I know this vid is on the boring side, but I wanted to make sure it was out there to help anyone get flying more easily. This is the exact same code I use for all of my projects (I literally download a clean version from github to modify for every new project) so I want there to be as many resources out there as possible for others to do the same. So definitely give the whole vid a watch over dinner sometime if you're interested in flying this flight controller on your next project

[tuberroot]

Boring ? Not at all. It's a very good run through. Not only do you supply your code, with excellently thorough documentation, you give us a video too ! If only everyone was this "boring".

[akyadavhere]

Just to let you know, your "boring" video is still helping people

[RaisingAwesome]

Great video! Thanks so much for the effort you put into this. We are building our first drone from scratch and this is precisely the kind of approach we were looking for. I'm certain many, many more will find your effort useful for years to come.

[thercproject]

this is great, should help a lot when i get deeper into this project. i think a video where you share the process of how you modify the code for an actual project could be a good finale to the series. cheers (edit: you said you're doing just that!)

[Q_Channel]

Yoooo -- the king is back. Appreciate the deep dive.

[jimboloco]

Been waiting on a follow up on this! Good job man!

[WellDone]

i was working on a custom drone firmware based on teensy and mpu6050, this video saved me a lot of time, I will definitely reuse some part of your code!

[akkaradechsrithongchai]

I really appreciated answers are in project documents "Frequently Asked Questions".

[BenjaminKelm]

Thank you for all the effort you put in. Just discovered this project and I love the approach. I will use it for some fun project soon!

[arlenn]

Hi, really great work! If I may ask, could you do a video explaining how you establish and solve the state-space equations for the flight controllor? I am really insterested in control and want to learn deeper. Really appreciated if you can do a video about the design behind the scene.

[mattuiop]

Could you go into more detail about how PID functions mathematically? Ie laplace transformations of the partial, integral, differential equations.

[steveell]

Hi Nicholas
Your video is brilliant!! I've been waiting for your very informative, easy to understand and technical enough to grow with, type of video. I hope to work with you in the future. The world needs you!! Blessings, Steve

[rockapedra]

This is super Thanks!!!! Always wanted to know how to make one of these in practice!

[ijahongirmirzo]

Hello, building one nowadays, I wonder do you have a plan to add a OSD feature to video transmitters?

[EngineeringAfterHours]

Need a "dRehmDrive ActiveAero" version :)

[ohitstarik]

by the way, how do you set up the visuals for these videos? is this just power point?

[sigmad]

For a autonomous drone do we need both flight controller and flight computer?

[brianblasius]

Will the motors + ESC keep up with the 2kHZ loop frequency? I know it's good for the sensors but can the actuators make any significant output in 500 microseconds?

[ijahongirmirzo]

Hello, Nice job dude, have been seeking for like this, but what is the difference between open source multiwii firmware that can be flashed to Arduino nano and your firmware?

Thanks