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rosflight/rosplane
Flight Stack Tier A flight_control BSD-3-Clause
Fixed-wing autopilot for ROSflight
Engineering Snapshot
Use cases & tasks 4
- Best suited for
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- Fixed-wing UAV research
- ROS-based flight control development
- Primary tasks
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- Fixed-wing autonomous flight
- ROSflight integration
Stack & ecosystem
- Resource type
- Flight Stack
- Ecosystem
- flight_control
License & compliance
- License
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BSD-3-Clause(Inferred)
Lifecycle & freshness Show
- Maintenance
- Active
- Latest version
- Not recorded
- Last activity
- 2026-07-15
- Last checked
- 2026-08-13
- Verification
- Official confirmed
What It Solves
Need a ROS-integrated fixed-wing autopilot for research and development.
Primary use cases
- Fixed-wing autonomous flight
- ROSflight integration
Secondary use cases
- Simulation-in-the-loop testing
- Custom fixed-wing platform development
When to Use
Consider when
- Requires ROSflight firmware
- Fixed-wing specific control laws needed
Verify before adopting
- Hardware compatibility with ROSflight-supported boards
- ROS version compatibility (ROS 1 vs ROS 2)
Where It Fits
Stack layer flight_control
Start Here
Adoption Checklist
- Needs verification Hardware compatibility with ROSflight-supported boards
- Needs verification ROS version compatibility (ROS 1 vs ROS 2)
Each check stays "needs verification" until an official source confirms it; unconfirmed items are never marked verified.
Known Limitations & Unknowns
Known limitations
- Limited to fixed-wing platforms
- Dependent on ROSflight firmware ecosystem
Not publicly verified
- Real-world flight test coverage
- ROS 2 migration status
- Hardware abstraction layer completeness
Alternatives & Related Tools
Alternatives
- uavap — Alternative to
How is it used?
Start from the recorded entry points below, then validate against the technical checklist.
- Official site https://rosflight.org/
- Repository https://github.com/rosflight/rosplane
- Documentation https://rosflight.org/
Technical checklist
- OK License identified Recorded: BSD-3-Clause
- OK Maintenance signal Active
- OK Verification status Official confirmed
- OK Source evidence attached 1 source record(s)
- NEEDS REVIEW Latest version recorded Not recorded
Official Links
Metadata & Governance
| License | BSD-3-Clause — Inferred |
|---|---|
| Commercial model | Unknown |
| Maintenance status | Active |
| Verification status | Official confirmed — Confirmed via the official repository API responses in SourceRefs below. |
| Latest version | Not recorded |
| Latest release | Not recorded |
| Last activity | 2026-07-15 |
| Last checked | 2026-08-13 |
| First seen | Not recorded |
Related Resources & Dependencies
- uavap — alternative to (verified)
Recent Activity
New resource: rosplane
New repository resource added by the sprint promote pipeline.
Related Knowledge
Collections
- Open-Source Flight Control Stacks — Open-source autopilot firmware repositories for building or evaluating a flight stack.
- Evaluating Open-Source Flight Stacks — A structured path for comparing candidate open-source flight stacks on evidence, not marketing.