Ground Station Setup For Converged IoT Platform

Antenna Cluster Planning

The mission scenario sketch example with Blender 3-D modeling is in the picture on the right. The small matchbox at the lower left corner is the base station. And, based on the mission scenario, the RF-control/FPV antennas are arranged to prevent internal interference and obstructions.

Planning for battery-blocking antenna line-of-sight by drawing a line from the VTX antenna tip to the battery pack. The ground station is blocked at the craft's 10 to 11 o'clock direction and beneath the craft, as shown in the video snap shot here.

A craft attitude must be avoided for each waypoint, and a remedy can be planned. In the above video example, rolling to the right moves the ground station to 2 o'clock because the right side has no planned obstacle.

RF Transmitter Setup

The alternative micro sized transmitter module wiring pictured here.

The alternative Frsky R9M module can be set to output 500mW using alternative Taranis QX7's transmitter's regular power pins without external power source, as shown in this video,

This flight sequence rehearses the mission plan, diving from 330 feet east, 440 feet north, ground distance 550 feet, air distance 1000 feet, relative to ground station. 3 flips above the landing patch area. Level traversal between 330 feet east, 440 feet north, and 330 feet straight east.

Video Receiver Setup

In-Car Battery Charging

Fight batteries should be warmed/cooled with car vent before charging in cold/hot temperatures. When the car engine is offline, the car battery voltage has a slight drop, so the flight battery charger needs to be set to output 1A maximum, to prevent low voltage cut-off during charging.

Walksnail 1S Lite USB Adapter Compatible With HD V2 Cameras.

As long as the plug is aligned with the socket to the left most pin when viewing from the right side of the craft toward the left side of the craft.

FPV Feed Flight Path Tracking

The raw FPV DVR recorded mp4 of the tail-spin crash with fishbowl optical illusion is saved at googledrive https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IchzErZsqhmW0qukS_ZLuJz3CpO4A27t .

When viewed in Android MX Player or the FPV headset, the last 3 frames used to track down the wreckage is not available frame-by-frame. A laptop or Chromebook with Avidemux.AppImage is needed to step in the last 3 frames.