Best programmable drone / open source OS?

Question

I would like to run some experiments with drones in a remote property. What would be a recommended drone, and a programmable, "hackable" open source OS?

voakbasda · Accepted Answer

I am in the same position. I want a drone, but it must be well-supported by an open source autopilot (and surrounding tools).
After looking at the contenders, I found the px4 project to be most impressive in terms of documentation of both the flight systems as well as the drones that have been used. They have a list of development kits to consider:
https://px4.io/devkits/

FreddieV4 · Answer

Back when I did drone racing, the most used operating systems were ardupilot, betaflight, and px4.
A quick google search convinces me that these are still the most widely used.
I had tried betaflight and ardupilot but had an easier time with betaflight configuration I think.

laptop-man · Answer

Ardupilotmight be what your looking for

Best programmable drone / open source OS?

I would like to run some experiments with drones in a remote property. What would be a recommended drone, and a programmable, "hackable" open source OS?

Back when I did drone racing, the most used operating systems were ardupilot, betaflight, and px4.A quick google search convinces me that these are still the most widely used.I had tried betaflight and ardupilot but had an easier time with betaflight configuration I think.

Ardupilotmight be what your looking for

Back when I did drone racing, the most used operating systems were ardupilot, betaflight, and px4.
A quick google search convinces me that these are still the most widely used.
I had tried betaflight and ardupilot but had an easier time with betaflight configuration I think.

Ardupilot
might be what your looking for