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dRehmFlight

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  • Runs on hardware you can build

An Arduino-compatible flight controller firmware for stabilizing small VTOL and experimental aircraft, aimed at hobbyists, students, and rapid prototyping.

  • Stale

Source on GitHub: github.com/nickrehm/dRehmFlight (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 0df49c5 (opens in a new tab).

Licenses

Code
GPL-3.0-only (opens in a new tab)

Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (GPL-3.0-only) at commit 0df49c5 (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.

Commercial use
Yes

Copyleft: Modified source must be published.

Labels

  • StaleNo commit in 12 months: the newest is from 20 Jan 2025.

What it does

  • Provides flight stabilization code for unusual or custom VTOL aircraft, with all the code kept in one place for easy editing.
  • Runs on an Arduino-compatible microcontroller and is uploaded with the Arduino IDE, so no separate flashing or compiling process is needed.
  • Has been used as a teaching tool for aircraft stabilization and flight control principles at universities and tech companies.
  • Beta 1.3 adds Spektrum DSM Satellite receiver support, one-time IMU calibration, ESC calibration, and a motor arming bug fix.
  • Has been demonstrated on quadrotors, tricopters, a bicopter, a tailsitter, and several other VTOL platforms.

Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 0df49c5.

Getting started

Difficulty
Intermediate
Hardware it needs, as the project states it
A Teensy 4.0 microcontroller (the Teensy 4.1 is also said to be pin-compatible) and a GY-521 MPU6050 6DOF IMU, programmed through the Arduino IDE with the Teensyduino add-on.

Maintenance

Status
Stale: no commit in 12 months
Newest commit
20 Jan 2025 on master
Latest release
None published on GitHub

Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.

Links

Robots that can run it

No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.

Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.