Build your Own Autonomous Drone using Pixhawk

First of All, we should know about MultiCopter and How Does it Work?

A Multicopter is a mechanically simple aerial vehicle whose motion is controlled by speeding or slowing multiple downward thrusting motor and propeller units.

Here we will Show setup for The quadcopter shown below is the simplest type of multicopter, with each motor/propeller spinning in the opposite direction from the two motors on either side of it (i.e. motors on opposite corners of the frame spin in the same direction) to counter the Torque.

For Assembling and Configuration of QuadCopter with Pixhawk we have given information on each of these tasks (sorted by autopilot within the sections) see the topics below:

• Install Ground Station Software(Mission Planner)
• Autopilot System Assembly
  1. Mounting the Autopilot
  2. Autopilot Wiring
  3. ESCs and Motors
  4. Installing GPS+Compass Module

• Loading Firmware to boards with existing ArduPilot firmware
• Connect Mission Planner to AutoPilot
• Configuration