Building

Assembly

Getting close to test flights of this 80% Rooster print. Seeing some issues but just doing quick fixes so I can continue. GPS gets great lock, Radio connection is good but the GCC WiFi drops regularly so will have to figure that out. Also the VOXL gets HOT so will configure a fan that blows up from the bottom. The…

Setup digitalocean openvpn account

Notes gather: This portion is setting up a cloud based openvpn server OpenVPN provides a way to create virtual private networks (VPNs) using TLS (evolution of SSL) encryption. OpenVPN protects the network traffic from eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks. The private network can be used to securely connect a device, such as a laptop or mobile phone running on an…

Daytona Drone 80

This Build removed the outboard tips from the struts. Their orignal purpose was to mount blade guard ducts, research proved these ducts didn’t provide a value compared to weight and production. Adding the guard to a motor mount insert proved to be a better result saving weight and material but still providing blade strike protection Learning Fun It starts as…

LiL’ Rooster

A decision was made to scale down the Rooster airframe for the automous build using the Modalai flight computer assembly Testing and more testing is being completed on this build, our shop has added some new equiptment that allows us to have moreinformation on motors, thrust, rpm and additional capabilities for better weight and balance This post will be updated…

Drone3 Crash Review

c1 c1 c2 c2 c3 c3 c4 c4 c5 c5 c6 c6 c7 c7 c8 c8 c9 c9 c10 c10 c11 c11 c12 c12 c13 c13 c14 c14 https://vimeo.com/713528547 This is the second build, started using larger motors and getting a lot better performance https://vimeo.com/710489560 Flying pretty good, not able to get into auto tune but getting stable https://vimeo.com/713530554 Build3…

Rooster Back in the Game

Testing and Learning This has not just been a flying drone project. This is a 3d printed hame design commercial drone. That means you Print your parts, assemble to our spec and have a tested airship made with US protected data, No China involvement! No WiFi info to china, no data transfers to china servers. Starting to get the picture.…

Gymbal decision

The gimbal like all the other components we are using are open source builds and hopefully us made components, at least when possible. There are a couple choices for gimbals that can carry a decent camera that run for around 500, these coming from rc-hobby but using a good 32bit controller Thats a choice, our desire is to 3d print…

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