Flying FPV
Open hardware and software related to drones / UAVs.
Contents
Airframes
Multicopters
Fixed Wing / Planes ️
Fixed wing jet 3D printed with electric ducted fan (EDF) instead of classic propeller, 2016.
Fixed wing jet 3D printed with electric ducted fan (EDF) instead of classic propeller, 2016.
Batteries & Power Control
Motor Control ️
Flight Control ️
RC Transmitters & Handcontroller
Modules
VTX
Use 2.4 / 5.8 GHz wifi hardware and SBCs on air and groundside to provide a video and telemetry downlink and an optional control uplink. Try to develop a more efficient dedicated hardware board. Compare different open digital links.
Use 2.4 / 5.8 GHz wifi hardware and RPIs to provide a video and telemetry downlink.
Wifibroadcast NG on OpenIPC compatible CCTV modules, capable of 120fps or 4k video feeds with telemetry. Existing commercial kits from various vendors (aka. EMAX Wyvern Link, Runcam Wifilink).
Camera & Gimbals
GPS ️
Video Receivers
FENIX-rx5808-pro-diversity
Antennas and Trackers
Telemetry & Logs
OpenTX / EdgeTX script that renders live cockpit and map from telemetry datastream.
Script to show telemetry and control e.g. CAM, VTX settings.
Convert blackbox logs of INAV, OpenTX, ... to CSV, GPX, KML and render tracks and trajectory with different performance styles, separate GUI.
Security & Safety
ID Systems
ADS-B transmitters of airplanes can be received using software defined radios can be realized using cheap USB DVB-T receivers. Can be integrated via radar extensions like , Ardupilot ADS-B receiver or in OpenHD. Is part of Mavlink protocol and shows up on most GCS. Can also be viewed online like adsb-exchange.com.