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)