Flying the Drone

1. Obtain needed components

Drone

• Li-ion battery
• Drone
• 4x Props (2CW, 2CCW)
• 2x M6 right-handed hex nuts
• 2x M6 left-handed hex nuts

Base station

• Laptop
• Laptop charger
• Battery charger
• Battery charger cable
• RFD-900x US radio modem
• 2x 5dBi 900MHz dipole antennas
• Xbox controller
• Ethernet cable
• Network switch
• ElectrifyRC1200 VRX
• 3.5dBi 1200MHz antenna
• RCA Video capture card
• 2x USB extension cords

Tools

• M10 wrench

2. Pre-flight actions

• Attach antennas to FPV headset.
• Plug in radio modem to laptop.
• Open QGroundControl.
• Plug in drone & FPV batteries.
• Drone GPS will flash blue, then red. Do not move the drone during this process.
• Wait for GPS to turn green. It will appear in QGroundControl.
• Calibrate sensors.
• Calibrate accelerometers.
• Configure connection loss behavior.
• Plug in X-box controller.

3. Flying the drone

• Select ‘Position’ flight mode.
• When you see ‘Ready to fly’, click on the ‘Ready to fly’ text and click ‘Arm’
• After the propellers start spinning, you can go and fly!

4. Software setup

ifconfig # Find IP
ros2 launch drone_gs mavros.launch.py fcu_url:="udp://localhost:14555@35.3.247.114:14550"