Welcome to our Pathfinder Explained Series, where we share our real-world insights in bite-sized educational videos. In this episode, we'll do an overview of how QuadPlanes actually work, and what are some of the most potent use-cases for long-range autonomy. Enjoy!
- Pathfinder Series:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0V78eTdTTFHW1oJ6XSyvakflC1KjuqVg
- Pathfinder Interviews:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0V78eTdTTFHbn37jxXiQ3LnLFdzEV7es
- Pathfinder Explained:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0V78eTdTTFHzvCm90z2xX1bQPeRyQGP5
- I Built an Autonomous Drone at Home:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0V78eTdTTFGM4ZsZB-8frSqBhW0S1qe1
- I Built a QuadPlane with my 3D Printer:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0V78eTdTTFHmkVVoKth6kTTMobaQUnHC
- 3D Printable Designs:
https://www.thingiverse.com/pathfindergeorge/designs
- Landing Page:
https://www.nomadiumrobotics.com/
Fixed wing drones have 10 times the range of traditional rotor drones, unlocking exciting use cases and business opportunities.
Vertical Take-Off and Landing, enables superior autonomy, additional use-cases and rapid reusability (drone in a box) of fixed wing drones.
Autonomy reduces operational costs with orders of magnitude, making services widely available to businesses and governments, while on-board machine vision enables completely new solutions to their challenging problems.
3D Printing with advanced filaments cuts production costs with orders of magnitude to enable nation--wide coverage with relatively small capital investment.
With Nomadium Robotics, I'm combining all 4 of those requirements to develop aerial robotics for a resilient future | www.nomadiumrobotics.com
Building your own UAV is an incredibly fulfilling and challenging experience, which I am hoping you will embark on.
Special thanks to:
Flightory (https://flightory.com) for creating amazing 3d models (not sponsored) and
3D MOMCI (https://www.instagram.com/3dmomci/) for 3d printing.
Disclaimer: The Aircraft models are designed and sold by Flightory. They are proprietary and CANNOT be used for commercial purposes without their explicit consent.
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Electronics Used:
Flight Controller | SpeedyBee F405 WING | https://amzn.to/4mdksMh
GPS | Matek M10Q GPS & Compass | https://amzn.to/4k6das7
ESC | KM45 45A BLHELI_32 ESC BY SKYSTARS | https://amzn.to/4j7KRrY
VTX | DJI O3 Air Unit | https://amzn.to/43hEV9M
Motors | EMAX ECO II 2807 1300kv | https://amzn.to/44E2ZGs
Battery | LiPo 6S 6000mAh or 11000mAh
Servos | 2x PowerHD HD-1810MG for tilt rotors and 4x Corona 929MG for control surfaces
Cooling | 5v fan for the VTX and 24V fan for the ESC
Air speed sensor | None, but I advise you to add one.
+Lot's of cables and connectors. Be ready to solder.
Link to custom designs: https://www.thingiverse.com/pathfindergeorge/designs
0:00 - Intro
0:15 - What is VTOL?
1:25 - How It's Made
2:20 - How it Works
5:11 - Communication
8:04 - Use-Cases
11:15 - The Software
11:54 - Up Next
12:11 - Drone Building Series
12:37 - Autonomy Is Here
Runtime 00:13:58
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