Drone Flight Simulator
Tune the autopilot and watch a quadcopter steady itself.
Drone Flight Simulator — tune PID gains and watch a quadcopter steady itself in a simulator with wind and payload tests!
How to use Drone Flight Simulator
- Pick a scenario — Calm hover, Wind gust, Heavy payload, Gentle gains or Aggressive gains.
- Move the Kp, Ki and Kd sliders to set the autopilot gains, and set a target height.
- Press Run simulation and watch the altitude trace on the chart.
- Read the verdict and metrics — settle time, overshoot, steady error and peak height.
- Adjust one gain at a time until the drone settles fast with little overshoot.
- Download the flight data as CSV or copy the result summary.
Features
- Live PID altitude simulator with a 20-second flight trace chart and quadcopter diagram
- Kp, Ki and Kd sliders with plain-language explanations of each term
- Five preset scenarios: calm hover, wind gust, heavy payload, gentle gains, aggressive gains
- Flight verdicts with settle time, overshoot, steady error and peak height
- Plain-language flight theory: lift and thrust, roll pitch and yaw, how an IMU works, what PID does
- CSV download of the full flight trace and one-click result summary copy
- Fully client-side and deterministic — same inputs always give the same flight
Frequently asked questions
Is it free?
Yes, unlimited.
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