Beginners

getting started, step by step

Getting Started with ArduPilot

This is an introduction to building your own plane or quadcopter using the ArduPilot system. It's designed to get you up and going quickly on a typical setup. As such, it doesn't cover every possible hardware and combination. That level of detail will be in the ArduPilot Mega and ArduCopter manuals.

Some quick notes on this guide

• This is a Work in Progress. Feel free to comment on any aspect of this guide.
• Read all of the manual. There's a lot of information that you will need to know.

FIXED WING

• BeginnersShoppingList -- what you need to buy
• BeginnersRcEquipment -- rc equipment you should have
• BeginnersSoftwareSetup -- how to set up the ArduPilot software on your computer
• BeginnersPlaneConfiguration -- how to set up your plane
• BeginnersGroundTesting -- how to test your plane before sending it up
• BeginnersFirstFlight -- first flight testing
• BeginnersTwoWayRadio -- setting up a radio
• BeginnersGroundStation -- setting up your computer

QUADCOPTER

• (there will be a corresponding list for quads)