Quadrotor v 0.0.1

I’m building a quadrotor UAV, which is like a helicopter except it has, you guessed it, four rotors. The advantage of this is a much simple control scheme for the motors and rotors, both electrically and mechanically. Just by varying the power output of each motor you can do any maneuver, with software figuring out exactly what to do. Below is an initial, simple model rendering using Google SketchUp, my go-to tool for quick and easy modeling. Doing a rough model is great for getting an idea of what components you’ll require and how they’ll fit together and to see how it will look from any vantage point. My goal is for a payload of around a kilogram, enough to get a camera airborne for some photography from a rarer perspective.