Abstract
This paper presents the development and simulation of a hover flight stabilization algorithm for a hexacopter prototype. The motor dynamics characteristics of a hexacopter prototype are specified. The specified parameters of the motor characteristics are then used to validate with the hexacopter model. The hexacopter model’s states in flight are derived from the governing kinematics and dynamics equations. The single-engine failure condition is simulated in SIMULINK software. The hover flight stabilization algorithm is built and adjusted based on the responses of the simulated model to variations of the algorithms. The simulation results are then validated.