Meet Centauri
Centauri is the quadcopter system at the center of Full Stack Flight, a complete flight ecosystem built from scratch in Python for under $150, including:
- The Centauri Quadcopter
- The Pilot's Transmitter
- Wireless Communication Protocol
- Tooling for unpacking and analyzing flight telemetry
My goal in designing Centauri was to make every part of it understandable, so anyone curious enough to look under the hood can learn how a real quadcopter works, and build one themselves.
Educational Series
A comprehensive breakdown of how Centauri was designed, built, and tested from the ground up. It walks through the full system in a practical way, covering the architecture, hardware, software, transmitter, communication protocol, and telemetry analysis, with the goal of making the engineering behind it understandable enough for anyone to learn from and build on.
Building a Quadcopter Ecosystem from Scratch
Chapter 1: The Centauri Ecosystem
Chapter 2: Defining a Communication Protocol
Chapter 3: Designing a 3D-Printed Airframe
Chapter 4: Hardware and Electronics Package
Chapter 5: The Flight Controller
Chapter 6: Transceiver Platform
Chapter 7: The Pilot's Control Interface
Chapter 8: Unpacking Flight Telemetry for Analysis
Chapter 9: Closing Thoughts
Join the Community
Join our community of makers learning from and building Centauri, sharing their progress, swapping ideas, and helping each other out along the way. Whether you're deep into your own build or just getting started, you'll find people happy to help!
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