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Aetherius UAV

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

Avionics‑first Data‑oriented

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
16GB RAM
Flight Controller
PixHawk 6X
M10 GPS + PM02D
Architecture
  • Centralized avionics bay; isolated power/signal.
  • Flight Controller: PixHawk 6X; MAVLink telemetry.
  • Flight Computer: Raspberry Pi 5; Websocket.
  • M10 GPS; PM02D power sensing.
Milestones
M0 — Foundation
80%
  • Build Airframe
  • Build and validate 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 identification
  • Automatic Diagnostics
Tech Stack
Pixhawk 6XRaspberry PiLiDAR (planned)Camera (planned)