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@@habibi750 lol that'd be fun if there were ever any around me!

@@habibi750 thank you!

I did and actually have one. The Jetsons just seemed to draw more power so I went with the raspberry pi for now.

Thanks!

The drone is just a hobby project, something I've been building for the last year. I've documented the whole build on my TH-cam channel. And yep, that's a lidar I mounted to the top of it, kind of a cool device.

@@yancymuu4977 sounds awesome! How's that been working out? Making good progress?

@@timarcher52 A bit challenging. I made a test flight yesterday with crazy results. Now see several dumb mistakes that need correction. I watched a video on how to setup motion of physical gimbal during a mission planner simulation. This worked when I first tried it with SIYI camera, but for some reason I can't get it working again. Plan to work on finding problem. It would be extremely useful to observe actual gimbal rotations during simulated flight.

@@robertparenton7470 you're welcome! Hope it's useful to you.

@@mblizzy thank you. It's been a lot of fun to build.

@@asw850 lol. Have fun flying!

@@timarcher52 hehehe You betcha! Thanks for posting your video. That's a really nice drone. I fly the smaller DJI stuff.

@@Fpvpro1 motors didn't overheat in the hover. Flight time is low though the battery I have is too heavy for it and causing too much voltage sag. It is a tattu 6s 10000mah battery. This drone I'm not adding additional sensors to though, see my other videos for my large 1300mm drone that has all the sensors. This smaller one is more a testbed on setting up mission planner missions and testing firmware updates before putting them on the more expensive drone. If I could do it all over with this one, I would've went with the 650 size drone from holybro.

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

The 6C is supported by Arducopter and has all the buses you need. So yes.

I think so. I'm not super familiar with the 6c, but it should be fine on a 6x so compare the specs a bit on those. You'll just need to ensure you have a free uart or can port (if you use the matek l431 device a well to translate).

lol yeah. For some reason though I've been liking that remix lately though. You should google for metallic enter sandman bootleg party remix to here another butchered song! :)

Not sure on that, I've never tried it.

Thanks for the feedback! Without the gimbal attached I was able to get right at 30 minutes of flight time just hovering in my backyard. I haven't had a chance to test how long it'll fly with the gimbal, and in running a longer mission with lots of flying.

@timarcher52 Good to know. Thank you so much!

Yep! It's pretty nice to be able to see that telemetry.

Haven't tried that yet, not sure if it's possible or not? I am able to connect my base station though to the Herelink wifi and route RTK data that way. Still need to find a way to objectively prove if it actually makes a difference and is using it though. Thanks for the comments!

@@timarcher52 Understand. I am using the 900 mhz radio that came with my holybro x500 as the second RTK link (from mission planner on a ground computer). It's is supposedly long rang and may use Lora technology??? I greatly desire to simplify my setup to not need a second link for RTK. Look forward to your next video!

I've been following this guide, and for example the notch filter setup and vibration analysis is done early on simple hover tests: ardupilot.github.io/MethodicConfigurator/TUNING_GUIDE_ArduCopter

Hobbywing xrotor x6 plus

You're welcome!

Appreciate the feedback, I hope you're finding them helpful!

@ they’re very helpful, I’m building a similar rig with raspberry pi5 and hailo 8 ai accelerator. Are you planning on posting some of your ai applications on this drone?

@Malik.essadi hopefully yes, if I can get to them. I'm just doing this as a hobby though so it's been slow going as time permits.

@@Malik.essadi I need to figure that out more. The copter itself with the battery is about 20 pounds, but need to weigh it to get accurate measurements there. I believe the way I spec'ed it I can carry another 10 to 15 pounds comfortably. Still need to do that stress testing though and figure out what it can do.

RJX Hobby

@@venkatn3066 all good, it's been fixed and is even better now!

You're welcome!

Thank you!

Thank you! Yes this one has been really fun to get going.

@@yancymuu4977 good hearing from you! good points on the compass. I disabled the internal compass on the cube too. For the online compass tool, are you referring to the online magfit tool?

@@timarcher52 yes. That's it.

@yancumuu4977 actually your commented prompted me to do some googling and found some more new stuff to learn. There's a wiki page on GPS for yaw: ardupilot.org/copter/docs/common-gps-for-yaw.html This prompted me to write this forum post to ask more about it. Hopefully someone from the ardupilot team can help me learn more about it. discuss.ardupilot.org/t/dual-here-4-gps-for-yaw-moving-baseline-questions/125428 Thanks for your comment! Everyday is a new learning experience with this software.

Thanks! 👍

Not sure on that, Ive never looked into building a plane using the XRotor motors.

@Nexx8969 good idea, Ill add it to my list. Not sure Ill get to it for awhile. I do really like the controller although I havent pushed it too hard yet. Im currently working through my gimbal and camera setup and being able to stream that video feed. So far though the form factor feels good in my hands, the controls move smoothly, and the screen is big enough for me to see everything. I did recently find you can get newer versions of qgroundcontrol to install on it as well from this github page: github.com/CubePilot/qgroundcontrol-herelink/releases/tag/v4.4.2-herelink Good luck in your build!

Thank you!

@@yancymuu4977 lidar is something I really want to explore more but haven't yet. Someday there's two use cases I want to figure out using lidar: lidar mapping of the ground, and obstacle avoidance in the air. Seems like two interesting topics to experiment more with

@@Hugo_Stiglitz100 lol yeah, maybe a little more than a little lag :)

I'm hoping for 15 to 20 pounds but haven't tested that yet.

@@timarcher52 👍 Thanks, all the best.