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Aetherius UAV

Autonomous fixed-wing platform engineered for safe, fast mission execution.

Aetherius UAV

Fixed-wing autonomous platform with modular avionics and rapid iteration.

Wingspan
~1.8 m
foam & carbon fiber airframe
Flight Computer
Raspberry Pi 5
16 GB RAM
Flight Controller
Pixhawk 6X
M10 GPS + PM02D
Architecture
  • Centralized avionics bay; isolated power and signal.
  • Flight Controller — Pixhawk 6X (MAVLink telemetry).
  • Flight Computer — Raspberry Pi 5 (WebSocket bridge).
  • M10 GPS and PM02D for accurate sensing.
Milestones
M0 — Foundation
80%
  • Build airframe
  • Assemble electronics
  • Ground sync with GCS
M1 — FBW & Autonomous Flight
10%
  • Demonstrate air worthiness
  • Demonstrate autonomous flight
  • Mission planning and execution
M2 — Terrain Mapping
0%
  • LiDAR integration
  • Point cloud generation
  • Automatic flight path generation
M3 — AI Integration
0%
  • Feature identification
  • Landing zone selection
  • Automatic diagnostics

UAV Gallery

Airframe bench setup
Airframe bench setup
Avionics bay WIP
Avionics bay WIP
Wing and servo routing
Wing and servo routing
Tech Stack
Pixhawk 6XRaspberry Pi 5LiDAR (planned)Camera (planned)