{"id":1967,"date":"2014-04-28T01:46:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T15:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.foamboards.com.au\/blog\/build-your-own-quadcopter-power-up-your-designs-with-the-parallax-elev-8\/"},"modified":"2014-04-28T01:46:14","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T15:46:14","slug":"build-your-own-quadcopter-power-up-your-designs-with-the-parallax-elev-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foamboards.com.au\/blog\/build-your-own-quadcopter-power-up-your-designs-with-the-parallax-elev-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Build Your Own Quadcopter: Power Up Your Designs with the Parallax Elev-8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Build a custom multirotor aircraft!<\/h4>\n

Build and customize radio-controlled quadcopters that take off, land, hover, and soar. Build Your Own Quadcopter: Power Up Your Designs with the
Parallax Elev-8 features step-by-step assembly plans and experiments that will have you launching fully functioning quadcopters in no time. Discover how to connect Elev-8 components, program the microcontroller, use GPS, and safely fly your quadcopter. This fun, do-it-yourself guide fuels your creativity with ideas for radical enhancements, including return-to-home functionality, formation flying, and even artificial intelligence!<\/p>\n

Understand the principles that govern how quadcopters fly
Explore the parts included in your Parallax Elev-8 kit
Follow illustrated instructions and assemble a basic ‘copter
Connect the Parallax chip to a PC and write Spin and C programs
Build radio-controlled systems that minimize interference
Add GPS and track your aircraft through Google Earth
Beam flight information to smartphones with WiFi and XBee technology
Mount cameras and stream real-time video back to the ground
Train to safely operate a quadcopter using flight simulation software<\/p>\n

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