FireFly6 Build
To-Do Items
Purchase List:
Batteries (2x batteries per flight) x 3 flights = 6 batteries.
Multi-battery re-charging station and balancer (AC)
DC only battery chargers (more AMPS)
Purchased HiTec 4x AC/DC charger
Multi-battery re-charging station and balancer (AC vehicle mounted).
Battery Connections (Deans)
Prop Balancer: http://www.amazon.com/Du-Bro-499-Tru-Spin-Prop-Balancer/dp/B0006N72Y8
- 220 grit sand paper
- Razor blade
- Zap A Gap CA+ PAAPT02
- Zip Kicker PAAPT15
Airframe balancer Great Planes http://www.amazon.com/Great-Planes-C-G-Machine-Accessory/dp/B0015TGYWI/ref=pd_bxgy_21_img_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1ZKEX14ECWYMA3STKAR7
Model airplane construction materials (i.e. glue, calipers, scale, razor blade knives).
Sony Alpha external dual battery charger
Pixhawk multi-shutter for Sony alpha
Build Series
Manuals
FireFLY6
Batteries
Running LiPo batteries in series (paired 3S batteries = 6S power)
Advanced VTOL Autonomy (AvA) via Pixhawk
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/35788481/Website%20Manuals/AvA%20Operations%20Guide.pdf
Setting up the Digital Camera for autonomous flight
http://www.mobilexcopter.com/files/Simple_multi_shutter_Pixhawk_settings.pdf
Triggering with an IR remote:
Preflight
Prop Balancing Video
Camera Mount under the FireFLY6: will it fit?
Sony a6000 = 45 mm depth
Sony Carl Zeiss Sonar 55 mm = 70.5 mm length
Sony Carl Zeiss Sonar 24 mm = 65 mm length
Flight Time vs speed
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/firefly6-demonstrates-half-hour-flight-time
Code Sources:
Download Mission Planner
http://www.birdseyeview.aero/pages/downloads
Drone Code
SfM Software
CloudCompare - Daniel Girardeau-Montaut's open-source point cloud program (view, analyze, edit).
VisualSFM - Changchang Wu's visual SfM system.
SF3M - Castillo et al. (2014) Structure from Motion (SfM) software (requires CloudCompare and VisualSFM to be installed).
CMVS - Yasutaka Furukawa's Clustering Views for Multi-view Stereo (CMVS)