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Although, this may mean that we don’t make the most “future-proof” design now, at least we will have something working that we can continuously build off of.

The Current Milestones

Fixed Wing Milestones

1. Fixed wing manual (stick input to servo/motor output)

   1. https://ardupilot.org/plane/docs/manual-mode.html

   2. PPM or SBUS input

   3. PWM output

   4. Arm/Disarm

   5. RSSI or Watchdog

2. Fly with Logging and Telemetry

   1. Basic Telemetry Manager (works with MAVLink Mission planner)

   2. RFD900 drivers

   3. SD driver

3. Fixed wing Fly By Wire A (stick inputs map to pitch and roll angles, others are same as acro)

   1. https://ardupilot.org/plane/docs/fbwa-mode.html#fbwa-mode

   2. Sensor Fusion with AHRS

   3. IMU

   4. Introduction to Atitude Manager

   5. Telemetry Manager PID value upload

4. Fixed wing Fly By Wire B (same as fbwa but will hold altitude)

   1. https://ardupilot.org/plane/docs/fbwb-mode.html

   2. Additions to Attitude Manager

   3. GPS driver

   4. Altimeter as alternative to GPS

   5. Airspeed

5. Fixed wing cruise (hold ground track (wind compensation)

   1. https://ardupilot.org/plane/docs/cruise-mode.html

   2. Further additions to attitude manager

6. Fixed Wing Auto Take Off

   1. Path manager auto take off

7. Fixed Wing Full Auto

   1. Telemetry Manager

      1. Return to home

      2. waypoints/flight plan

      3. hover

8. Fixed Wing Auto Landing

   1. Path Manager auto landing

   2. Telemetry Manager Land command

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 Quadcopter Milestones

1. Quad Acro

   1. target pitch yaw roll rates

   2. https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/acro-mode.html#acro-mode

2. quad stabilize

   1. auto leveling

   2. target pitch/roll angles

   3. https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/stabilize-mode.html#stabilize-mode

3. quad alt hold

   1. hold altitude

   2. https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/altholdmode.html#altholdmode

4. quad loiter

   1. hold position

   2. https://ardupilot.org/copter/docs/loiter-mode.html#loiter-mode

5. Quad auto take off

6. Quad auto landing

7. Quad auto flight