A DRONE OF YOUR OWN
Build the world’s cheapest, easiest to hack, and funnest autopilot.
Fig. A: Jordi Muñoz (left) and Chris Anderson (right) have developed a kit to turn ordinary remote control planes into autonomous flying drones.
Photography by Noah Webb
Robots are cool. Airplanes are cool. Putting them together? Twice as cool. That, in a nutshell, is the inspiration for ArduPilot, our project to create the world’s cheapest, easiest to hack and, dare we say, funnest autopilot. Add it to a standard hobby radio control plane, toss in a wireless video camera and transmitter, and you’ve got the makings of a pretty decent unmanned ...
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