A physics-first quadcopter laboratory with 1000Hz modeling, a virtual workbench, and a built-in flight controller. Design, tune, and analyze real drone builds before you ever touch hardware.

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SITL Forge is a physics-first quadcopter simulator and engineering workbench. Motors, propellers, batteries, and ESCs are modeled from real bench measurements at 1000Hz — simulated flight tracks the trends you'd see on real hardware.

Validate builds, optimize efficiency, and learn flight tuning with realistic feedback — without crashes, burned components, or wasted money.

Why SITL Forge?

Built for builders who want to know what their drone will do before they solder anything.

Test before you buy

Try motor and prop combinations against real bench-data fits before spending money on hardware that may not fit your build.

Predict performance

Thrust-to-weight, current draw, hover throttle, and flight time predicted from real spec data — not guesswork.

Validate heavy lifts

Check payload configurations and heavy-airframe builds safely before risking real motors, ESCs, or batteries.

Iterate fast

Swap a motor, prop, or battery and see thrust, current, and flight time recalculate instantly — no soldering, no waiting on parts.

Learn tuning safely

Iterate on PIDs, rates, and filters with risk-free feedback — no crashes, no burned motors, no wasted props.

See the physics

Force vectors, voltage sag, vibration, ESC and motor temps — every variable observable in real time, not buried in a black-box model.

Products

A core simulator plus optional DLC bridges to real flight-controller firmware. Each DLC is sold separately.

DLC · External Flight Controller Bridges

SITL Forge – External FC: Betaflight
SITL Forge – External FC: Betaflight DLC Coming Soon

Software-in-the-loop bridge to Betaflight firmware. Replaces the built-in PID controller with the real firmware running on your PC, so you tune against the same code that runs on your drone.

Betaflight 1000Hz PWM/FDM MSP / Configurator Requires Base App
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In Development
SITL Forge – External FC: INAV DLC Planned

Software-in-the-loop bridge to INAV firmware. GPS navigation, waypoint missions, and autonomous flight testing — same physics-first approach.

INAV GPS Navigation Waypoints
In Development
SITL Forge – External FC: ArduPilot DLC Planned

Software-in-the-loop bridge to ArduPilot firmware. Multirotor, fixed-wing, and VTOL configurations with full MAVLink integration.

ArduPilot MAVLink Multi-Vehicle

In the Lab

Engineering workbench, real-time tuning, and direct firmware integration — all on the same physics core.

Shared Technology

Every product runs on the same physics core — calibrated, reproducible, and built for precision.

1000Hz Physics
Jolt Physics engine with sub-millisecond timestep for accurate flight dynamics
VMG Motor Model
Torque-balance simulation with iron losses, ESC modeling, and thermal derating
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Procedural Audio
Real-time motor sound from RPM, current, and thrust — no samples
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Real Firmware
Direct connection to flight controller firmware via UDP/TCP at full loop rate
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Virtual Workbench
Engineering workspace — TWR, hover throttle, flight time, and throttle-sweep efficiency from real spec data
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LiPo & ESC Simulation
Battery sag, internal resistance, and SoC tracking; ESC dead-time, timing advance, and thermal derating