Make an Open Source Drone: More Fun

Go past the basics and explore some of the most exciting features and capabilities of your drone

Created by: Dr. Peter Dalmaris
Educator and Author of "Maker Education Revolution".

What Will I Learn?

• Improve the features of your FlySky radio controller so that you can take full advantage of the hardware.
• Set up radio telemetry between your computer and the drone so that you can track and control your drone from your computer in real time.
• Configure fail-safes to prevent avoidable injuries and damage to your drone.
• Record high-definition flight video and transmit first-person video to a monitor on the ground.
• Setup and configure flight modes.
• Design simple and more complicated missions that your drone can execute on its own.
• Dow to use the radio telemetry module with the Matek F405TE flight controller
• How to setup geofencing inclusion and exclusion zones
• How to set up flight modes with the Matek F405TE
• How to use the Mission Planner flight simulator
• How to test geofencing in the simulator
• How to setup the battery monitoring capability in the Matek F405TE

Requirements

• Ideally, you will have completed the course "Make an Open Source Drone".
• The required parts as listed in the Parts and Tools lecture in section 1 (free access).
• A Windows computer with the Mission Planner software.
• A Mac OS computer with the APM software (this includes most functions found in Mission Planner).

Target audience

• Drone pilots who have a basic understanding of their aircraft and are ready to learn more.
• Graduates of Tech Explorations Make an Open Source Drone.
• Anyone interested in learning about the Ardupilot firmware and the Pixhawk flight controller.