Goodchild Engineering · AI-first hardware & software

Hardware & software for robots and the people who build them.

Robotics and drone hardware that's easy to use and versatile. Built for research, education and makers.

Meet the flightHAT

flightHATIn development

Two flightHATs: one on a Raspberry Pi 5 with its breakaway tabs fitted, one on a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W with the tabs removed — flightHAT on a Raspberry Pi 5 and a Pi Zero 2 W

01 / FLIGHT

Pixhawk-compatible

An onboard STM32H743 runs PX4, ArduPilot or Betaflight.

02 / COMPUTE

Your companion computer

Raspberry Pi 5, 4 and Zero 2 W, Jetson and other Pi-header boards.

03 / CONNECT

Standard connectors

Pixhawk JST-GH for GPS, CAN and telemetry; JST-SH for the ESC and receiver.

04 / MOUNT

Pi Zero size

Breakaway tabs add the Raspberry Pi 4 / 5 mounting holes.

Free tool

Drone Powertrain Calculator

Size the motor, propeller and battery for your multirotor. Change KV, prop or pack and see hover efficiency, flight time and thrust-to-weight update instantly, or let the optimizer find the longest-hovering design for your airframe.

Open the calculator Read: designing a drone powertrain →

The Drone Powertrain Calculator: airframe, system power and battery controls beside hover efficiency, hover time and thrust-to-weight results, and battery trade charts

AI-first

Set up with your AI assistant.

Our MCP server gives any MCP-compatible assistant direct access to product specs, setup guides and our blog, so it can configure the hardware with you step by step.

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Connect

Add our MCP server to the AI assistant you already use. No account needed.

Ask

"Set up my flightHAT on a Raspberry Pi." Your agent pulls the right specs and guide.

Configure

It walks you through each step and checks it worked before moving on.