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Betaflight

Pushing the Limits of UAV Performance

Betaflight is the name of a flight control software, used for flying multi-rotor radio controlled aircraft.
Originating from the Baseflight and Cleanflight open source projects, the project was branched off as a high performance 'beta' testbed.
Evidenced by years of lead development, Betaflight has matured and grown into the largest flight firmware in the FPV drone racing and freestyle community due to its cutting edge performance, features, reliability and wide range of hardware support.

Recent Posts
New Speed Record for “Fastest ground speed by a battery-powered remote-controlled (RC) quadcopter.”
September 18, 2023 - 1.035 minutes read
Its simply a case of "ICYMI". Yes folks Betaflight, albeit an earlier version than current, was the firmware behind the most recent record breaking success story for the “Fastest ground speed by a battery-powered remote-controlled (RC) quadcopter.”.

About

Hardware

Betaflight supports a wide range of flight controllers from a variety of manufacturers. The Betaflight Partner program provides hardware manufacturer recommendations from the development team.

Community

The user community is active and helpful, with a Facebook group of over 30,000 members and a growing Discord server. Considerable support resources also exist on Youtube, made by third parties.

Open Source

Betaflight is 'Open Source', so you can look at the source code and contribute to the project on GitHub. The team has a robust review system in order to maintain clean code, and we are always looking for talented contributors.

OSD

With the Betaflight On Screen Display you can use drag-and-drop to set up key flight metrics into your FPV video feed. This allows data such as battery metrics, speed, altitude and home direction.

Safety Features

Alerts for and arming blocks for improper setup, and disarm mechanisms are built in to avoid accidents. A comprehensive failsafe mechanism is featured to assist in flight issues.

Flight Dynamics

Betaflight was created for cutting edge flight performance. This has been achieved by optimizing the reaction time to disturbances, the accuracy of stick tracking, and the processing of digital signals.

Team

chmelevskij
chmelevskij
Tomas Chmelevskij
LT/FR/UK
tomche.space
borisbstyle
borisbstyle
The Netherlands
youtube.com/channel/...
ctzsnooze
ctzsnooze
ctzsnooze
Asizon
Asizon
Asier Ruiz
DieHertz
DieHertz
Andrey Mironov
Tel-Aviv
klutvott123
klutvott123
Hans Christian Olaussen
Hammerfest, Norway
daleckystepan
daleckystepan
Štěpán Dalecký
Brno
blckmn
blckmn
J Blackman
Melbourne, Australia
blck.mn
haslinghuis
haslinghuis
haslinghuis
The Netherlands
numloq.nl
JyeSmith
JyeSmith
Jye
KarateBrot
KarateBrot
Jan Post
Germany
freasy
freasy
Eike Ahmels
limonspb
limonspb
Ivan Efimov
McGiverGim
McGiverGim
Míguel Ángel Mulero Martínez
SupaflyFPV
SupaflyFPV
Supafly FPV
UK
SupaflyFPV.com
nerdCopter
nerdCopter
nerdCopter
youtube.com/c/nerdCo...
sugaarK
sugaarK
SugarK
Australia
wind0r
wind0r
Steffen Windoffer
Germany
wind0r.de
VitroidFPV
VitroidFPV
Vít Semrád
Velké Losiny
vitroidfpv.com
SteveCEvans
SteveCEvans
Steve Evans

Team Sponsors

Betaflight
DogCom
HQProp
RadioMaster

Donations

Highly skilled developers lend their time for free in order to develop and maintain this project.
If you enjoy this firmware or use it for professional work we would really appreciate your support.
We use the donations to help with out of pocket costs, e.g. test hardware, hardware analysis equipment and running build servers.
For those who do donate either their time or funds, we are exceptionally grateful for.

Paypal

For a once off donation to the cause with no ongoing commitment.

Patreon

To setup a monthly recurring donation for ongoing support, commitment and thanks.