I'm in the middle of my first DIY project with a drone and I'm trying to attach my Raspberry Pi Zero camera to a drone. The total weight is about 4.4oz. I don't want to buy something expensive because I'm planning on gluing it to the drone as just a test before I go full size. Eventually I'm going to put an upgraded camera on my boss' Typhoon Q-500, but I can't just go to my boss and tell him to attach my project without testing it first.
The drone doesn't need to do anything except hover. It doesn't even need to be stable. Just fly with the Pi camera attached so I can prove my idea.
BTW: I've looked at the Parrot Airborne Cargo MiniDrone and I'm not sure how much weight it can handle. I'm assuming 4.4oz would be too much though because the drone is so small.
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Hi, remeber that you need a camera with same center of gravity as a GoPro with that gombal or else you will need to spend som serious time trimming it
Dr. John Crunk said:
Oh, and this is the drone I have. I don't have it working yet though.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Six-Axis-Hexacopter-Unassembled-GPS-Drone-...
What about this? I have been thinking about this for my camera to attach it to the drone. Only thing is I don't think I am quite ready. It looks pretty generic though.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Drone-CNC-FPV-BGC-2-Axis-Brushless-Gimbal-...
if you want to build a multirotor that can hold at least 0.4 grams (because 5 oz <0.3 kg) i woulg recomend you this cheap
kit based on apm 2.8 (2.5) :
https://es.aliexpress.com/item/F450-450mm-500-PCB-500mm-Quadcopter-...
or:
https://es.aliexpress.com/store/product/F02192-Y-Full-Set-RC-Drone-...
the charger:
https://es.aliexpress.com/store/product/IMAX-RC-B3-Pro-Compact-Bala...
and the battery:
https://es.aliexpress.com/store/product/MOSEWORTH-3S-RC-Lipo-Batter...
So i total you have a full drone with all the acesories that can be managed by MissionPlaner, that runs ArduCopte 3.2.1
for less than 220 $
i will put a 1045 props to this insted of the 9443
if you want a more advanced equipment you ned : https://store.mrobotics.io/product-p/mro-pixhawk1-fullkit-mr.htm
But i tink that with the kit above you have a very very good drone that can do autonumus routers , loiter, RTL, land etc...
With the suport of MissionPlanner telemetry
But if you have money ,and you want to spend more, i prefer that you buy some of the products that help ArduPilot projet (stores(http://ardupilot.org/ardupilot/docs/common-stores.html))
The apm 2.5 2.6 2.8 its no longer suported but i tink its the most popular now, because is cheap and you can use the last software made for it that its inducated in the Mission Planer wen you going to upload the copter firmware
there is a lot of tutorials... (apm 2.8 setup...) even with the combination of software version arducopter 3.2.1 and the current version of mission planner you will going to have an expectacular drone setup with telemetry