quad copter projects, racing sim and drone hardware
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I had the idea to simulate a Betaflight flight controller for some time and, in 2023, I began porting the code to C#. However, I soon discovered that Betaflight already had a target that does exactly this! The SITL (Software in the Loop) target can be built on a Linux machine and even runs smoothly in WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), which is fantastic. However, this setup presents several challenges for the average Windows user.
At the end of 2020 I started to fly quadcopters, and I got hooked! The freedome to fly how ever you want is awesome, but can also lead to damaged hardware pretty quick. My first copter was the HGLRC XJB 145 v1.2, which I destroyed a few times within the first 10 flights. RX loss has lead to a bad crash where I've broken one of its arms. This means I had to wait a few weeks for a replacement bottom plate. I also had problems with the VTX antenna after it got pulled a few times. Little did I know, as this damaged antenna destroyed a handfull of VTXs, but the worst part was the frame, which was a bit tricky to assemble. It was rather cramped, and every time you put it together something wasn't fitting 100% correct.
