The pilot's voice jarred him to reality as the copter berthed. We're Friends, Now Henry Hasse Ignoring the squirming man, the 5A gestured toward the Copter, and the other robots swarmed over to it. Robots of the World! Helicopter, type of aircraft in which lift is obtained by means of one or more power-driven horizontal propellers called rotors. When the rotor of a helicopter turns it produces reaction torque which tends to make the craft spin also. On most helicopters a small rotor near the tail compensates for this torque. Rocket Copters are the radical, super bright, light up the night helicopters. You launch the helicopters into the air using the slingshot. The helicopters travel up to 150 feet and the high intensity led lights can be seen up to 1/2 mile away. The Rocket Copters feature a high impact, shock proof frame with super durable, light weight wings. Deadly Grand Canyon copter crash likely caused by wind. Teddy Fujimoto via AP In this Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018, file photo, emergency personnel arrive at the scene of a deadly tour helicopter crash.
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Etymology[edit]
Clipping of helicopter.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK)IPA(key): /ˈkɒptə/
- (US)enPR: käpʹtər, IPA(key): /ˈkɑptɚ/
Noun[edit]
copter (pluralcopters)
- (informal) A helicopter.
- 2005, Sin City (the film),
- Shellie shouts something I can't quite make out over the racket of a passing police copter.
- 2005, Sin City (the film),
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Verb[edit]
copter (third-person singular simple presentcopters, present participlecoptering, simple past and past participlecoptered)
- (informal,transitive) To helicopter: to transport by helicopter.
- (informal,intransitive) To helicopter: to travel by helicopter.
- (informal,intransitive) To move like a helicopter.
- 2015 July 24, Tom Sleigh, “‘Boomerang’”, in New York Times[1]:
- The sidelong whiplash of his arm sent the boomerang soaring, pushing the sky to the horizon until the blade just hung there, a black slash on the sun so far away it seemed not to move at all before it came whirling back larger and larger: would it hit him, would he die — and you ducked down, terrified, clinging to his thigh, its deathspin slowing as it coptered softly down and he snatched it from the air.
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Copter Io
Copter is an advanced open-source autopilot system for multicopters, helicopters, and other rotor vehicles. It offers a wide variety of flight modes from fully manual to fully autonomous.
As part of the wider ArduPilot software platform it works seamlessly with a variety of Ground Control Station programsthat are used to setup the vehicle, monitor the vehicle’s flight in real-time and perform powerful mission planning activities.It also benefits from other parts of the ArduPilot ecosystem, including simulators, log analysis tools, and higher level APIs for vehicle control.
Copter Royale
ArduPilot is already a preferred platform for numerous commercially available autopilot systems but you can also use it to enhance the abilities of your own DIY multirotor.
Key features¶
Key features include:
- High precision acrobatic mode: perform agressive maneuvers including flips!
- Auto-level and Altitude Hold modes: Fly level and straight with ease or add simple mode which removes the need for the pilot to keep track of the vehicle’s heading. Just push the stick the way you want the vehicle to go, and the autopilot figures out what that means for whatever orientation the copter is in.
- Loiter and PosHold modes: the vehicle will hold its position using its GPS, accelerometers and barometer.
- Return to launch: Flip a switch to have Copter fly back to the launch location and land automatically.
- Ad-hoc commands in Flight : With a two-way telemetry radio installed, just click on the map and the vehicle will fly to the desired location.
- Autonomous missions: Use the ground station to define complex missions with up to hundreds of GPS waypoints. Then switch the vehicle to “AUTO” and watch it take-off, execute the mission, then return home, land and disarm all without any human intervention.
- Failsafes: The software monitors the state of the system and triggers an autonomous return-to-home in case of loss of contact with the pilot, low battery or the vehicle strays outside a defined geofence.
- Flexible and customizable: Copter can fly all shapes and sizes of vehicles just how you want it to because the user has access to hundreds of parameters that control its behaviour. You won’t need to touch most of them but they are there if you need them.
- No vendor lock-in: ArduPilot is fully open source with a diverse community of developers behind it. You remain in full control of what software is on your vehicle and how it performs.
Getting started¶
The first thing that you will need is a multicopter with an ArduPilot compatible autopilot.Here is a list of ready-to-fly vehicles to get started with quickly or you may choose to build your own.
If you’re using Copter on a ready-to-fly vehicle then it should come pre-configured and tuned, ready for your first flight.We recommend you read the manufacturer’s instructions before flying especially the sections concerning safety.Then after installing the ground station you can likely jump forward to the First Flight instructions.
Tip
Whether using an RTF or DIY vehicle, autonomous vehicles arepotentially dangerous! Always follow best safety practices and pay close attention to all safetywarnings.
Copter Game
If you plan on building your own multicopter, the following pages will get your started.Please start by reading this section in order to understand what a multicopter can do, and how to select a frame, autopilot board,and other essential components.Then proceed to First Time Setup to learn how to assemble your Copter and then First Flight to learn how to configure and tune it.
Copter Vs Tank
Learn more about Copter¶
Copter Crash
To find out more about Copter and your main configuration decisions,please see the topics below: