Allowing complete novices to fly a QuadCopter...

[flightschool]

[h=2]I am working with a school with the aim of allow kids to fly QuadCopters. We all know this could get costly very quickly...[/h]

The dream is to make the QuadCopter to a degree, fail safe. Thinking;

- only able to fly in defined GPS zone
- some degree of max height
- a degree of min height to prevent high speed craft/ground incidents

In my mind you would define the waypoints/area that the done could fly within and set it so it hits an invisible wall when it tries to fly past this zone. Am I totally mental? Are their any systems that would suit modification in manner, we're not frightened of a little coding.

Any ideas / thoughts or guidance?!

James​

 

[dazzab]

I posted a reply in the DJI thread before seeing this. It was probably better suited here. Oh well...

 

[ProPilotWannaBe]

Please do not double post. It is against the forum guidelines. It prevents people from following a comprehensive thread and gather all the pertinent info.

 

[flightschool]

Apologies, I missed this more suitable area and then didn't delete my first post.

 

[stauntonflyer]

Flightschool,

The APM by 3D robotics has a GEO Fence option built in, with the GPS it limits the max height and distance like a dome. Found here
http://store.3drobotics.com/products/apm-2-6-kit-1

And the description is here
http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/ac2_simple_geofence/

Hope this helps, I'm surprised nobody else had chimed in about it.