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The Next Generation Multicopter

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21.09.2018The 19. Multicopter Meeting took place in Freiburg, Germany (3 days)
18.09.2018The HW-0.30-mini target was merged into Betaflight another popular flight control software
17.08.2018The 18. Multicopter Meeting took place in Zurich, Switzerland (3 days)
25.05.2018The 17. Multicopter Meeting took place in Heidelberg, Germany (3 days)
27.12.2017The 34. Chaos Communication Congress 34c3 took place in Leipzig, Germany (4 days)
14.10.2017The 1. UAVP-NG Race Weekend took place in Zurich, Switzerland (3 days)
04.08.2017The SHA 2017 Camp Meeting took place in Scoutinglandgoed, Zeewolde (5 days)
07.07.2017The 16. Multicopter Meeting took place in Zurich, Switzerland (3 days)
28.04.2017The 15. Multicopter Meeting took place in Heidelberg, Germany (3 days)
27.12.2016The 33. Chaos Communication Congress 33c3 took place in Hamburg, Germany (4 days)
09.09.2016The 14. Multicopter Meeting took place in Heidelberg, Germany (3 days)
14.07.2016The 13. Multicopter Meeting took place in Zurich, Switzerland (4 days)
27.12.2015The 32. Chaos Communication Congress 32c3 took place in Hamburg, Germany (4 days)
29.06.2015The new HW-0.30-mini-r1 and HW-0.30-r1 boards are available in the Shop
18.06.2015The 12. Multicopter Meeting took place in Heidelberg on the 18./19./20./21. June 2015 (4 days)
27.12.2014The 31. Chaos Communication Congress 31c3 took place in Hamburg, Germany (4 days)
13.12.2014Successful maidenflight of the new HW-0.30-mini-r0 prototype!
23.10.2014The first HW-0.30-mini-r0 prototypes for developers arrived. We hope to get them airborne for 31C3.
03.06.2014The 11. Multicopter Meeting took place in Zurich, Switzerland (4 days)
04.04.2014The new HW-0.30-r1 PCB arrived.
19.01.2014Successful maidenflight of the new HW-0.30-r0 prototype!
29.12.2013Release of NGOS-0.68 under GPLv3. To contribute, please check the Development page!
27.12.2013The 30. Chaos Communication Congress 30c3 took place in Hamburg, Germany (4 days)
24.10.2013The first HW-0.30-r0 prototypes for developers arrived. We hope to get them airborne for 30C3.
11.10.2013The new Wi.232-NG wireless breakout boards with Picoblade plugs are available in the Shop
26.07.2013The 10. Multicopter Meeting took place in Grünstadt, Germany (3 days)
09.05.2013The 9. Multicopter Meeting took place in Zuerich, Switzerland (4 days)
13.01.2013Release of NGOS-0.67 under GPLv3. To contribute, please check the Development page!
06.01.2013Release of NGOS-0.66 under GPLv3. To contribute, please check the Development page!
27.12.2012The 29. Chaos Communication Congress 29c3 took place in Hamburg, Germany (4 days)
17.12.2012The new HW-0.24-mini-r1 boards and the new NGblc-r2 are available in the Shop
10.11.2012Christi succeeds in doing a maidenflight with HW-0.24-mini-r0
15.09.2012The 8. Multicopter Meeting took place in Zuerich, Switzerland (3 days)
25.05.2012The 7. Multicopter Meeting took place in Heidelberg on the 25./26./27./28. May 2012 (4 days)
01.05.2012The Next Generation Multicopter in the press: Foto Hits 5/2012 - Multikopter im Eigenbau
15.04.2012Release of NGOS-0.65 under GPLv3. To contribute, please check the Development page!
30.12.2011Our new HW-0.23-mini-r0 with MPU6000, HMC5883L Compass, MBS5607B Altimeter did a successful maidenflight.
21.12.2011Release of NGOS-0.64 under GPLv3. To contribute, please check the Development page!
24.11.2011Stefan released the current NG-Tools as Debian binary packets and as Subversion packets
10.10.2011Release of NGOS-0.63 under GPLv3. To contribute, please check the Development page!
02.10.2011Maidenflight of DarkRiver's Mini-NG at 6. Developer Meeting Zürich (CH)
14.08.2011Chaos Communication Camp 2011 - UAVP-NG from above
12.08.2011The UAVP-NG Project at the Chaos Communication Camp in the german Tagesschau
11.08.2011Chaos Communication Camp 2011 - UAVP-NG from the top
11.08.2011Chaos Communication Camp 2011 - First on-board video online
28.06.2011Taarek flies pirouettes with Amir's Mini-NG using NGOS-0.63 with HW-0.22-mini
04.06.2011Release of NGOS-0.62 under GPLv3. To contribute, please check the Development page!
01.06.2011A first movie of the 5. NG Developer Meeting in Heidelberg on the 27./28./29. May 2011
12.05.2011Maidenflight of Jan's NG with NGOS-0.61 with HW-0.22
05.05.2011Maidenflight of Ralf's Mini-NG using the new PCBs and NGOS-0.62 with HW-0.22-mini
01.05.2011Fnordfunk 062: It flys! - Markus gave an radio interview on RC planes and UAVP quadcopters
21.04.2011The UAVP-NG Shop offers the new Mini-NG, called HW-0.22-mini!
20.04.2011Maidenflight of Dracos's Mini-NG using the new PCBs and NGOS-0.61 with HW-0.22-mini
19.04.2011Maidenflight of Andi's NG using NGOS-0.61 with HW-0.22
10.02.2011New 5.8GHz NG-Video TX/RX PCBs and NG Centerplates are now available in the UAVP-NG Shop
24.01.2011Our new Next Generation Multicopter Merchandise Shop opens it's doors! Go and get your NG shirts, cups and stickers!
06.01.2011The Next Generation Multicopter in the press: Open Source 03/2010 (the real article)
30.12.2010Release of our source code under GPLv3. To contribute, please check the Development page!
27.12.2010UAVP-NG on TV: ZDF Heute Journal news coverage of 27c3 and the new Mini-NG prototype

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