General Update and outline of some of the questions I’m having and progress.
Currently able to get flying around with a camera but I’m getting annoyed by battery length and connection. The batteries I have seem to be dead as soon as I plug them in even though they should have a full charge so I basically fly for 3 minutes and come back. I bought 2 more 4S batteries so waiting on those to come in.
The connection is like 20 yards and then I start losing signal. This seems to be signal on camera so I have a lot to learn there. I also don’t know how to see my radio transmit control.
Loitering is cool though. I’ve never had a drone that basically chills out by itself so I had fun getting this one going.
Questions / Next Steps
- Video Transmission distance / signal (what are the channel differences?)
- VTX getting too hot – Is the current drain crazy high?
- Second Video underneath the drone?
- Movable cameras would be pretty awesone
- Telemetry Feedback: Satellite Connection – what does this do?
- Telemetry Feedback: Radio Transmission Strength
- Telemetry Feedback: Distance from Home
- Telemetry Feedback: Altimeter
- Telemetry Feedback: Flight Time
- Telemetry Feedback: Time Remaining / Battery
- Telemetry Feedback: Power draws
- Power is clearly an issue and always will be, how can we build a generator to run? Solar? Wind? All of the above?
- Develop a power sheet to monitor and optimize power draining
- General Craft Structure: The traditional X-Frame for a drone is silly. How can we make this revolutionary for the long term goal? Low on priority list but always something to consider.
- Future Supply: Really need to understand transmission and receivers better because first of all they are expensive and second of all the delay in time, shipping, communication is dumb. We have to be able to develop / source better.
- Future Supply: Motors – One of the key developments in a vertical takeoff and of course expensive so important to learn better ways to make these.
- Future Supply Comment: The more we can control ourselves in the U.S., the more likely we can supply Government projects.
- Future Business: Gimbal Video is a great way to get paid, marketing and video editing sucks. Can we make it simple for delivery across town? Can we make it big enough for crop spraying? – Very seasonal but decent money.