The physics involved in multi-rotor drones and fixed wing aircraft are quite different. However, there is control software that works on either. https://githu

The physics involved in multi-rotor drones and fixed wing aircraft are quite different. However, there is control software that works on either. https://github.com/iNavFlight/inav/wiki https://github.com/iNavFlight/inav/wiki The underlying differences in how they fly aren't that relevant. You have a six-axis IMU, various controls that influence how the craft behaves in those axes and various PID loops that influence the controls. I don't really understand the downvotes. Obviously, having a type certificated auto-pilot for a commercial helicopter is a world apart from the flight control system for a hobby-scale drone, but the gap between them has nothing to do with the technology and everything to do with the process of type certification. My point is that it's pretty impressive what these software projects are able to achieve with sub $100 MCUs. Some of them now have 32khz control loops with 32khz IMU sampling. Anyone that's ever peeked under the hood of a commercial auto-pilot would be amazed by that.