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Founder, Aero360


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Pragadish Santhosh replied to Pragadish Santhosh's discussion Building Fixed Wing UAV for Aerial Mapping
"                                                                         TEST FLIGHT - 3
Description:

Pre Flight Checklist checks done.
Flight checked for FBWA mode and its performance to the same.
Take Off done at FBWA mode by Hand Launch. (Refer…"
Aug 3, 2018
Pragadish Santhosh replied to Pragadish Santhosh's discussion Building Fixed Wing UAV for Aerial Mapping
"                                                                               TEST FLIGHT - 2
Description:

Pre Flight Checklist checks done.
Flight checked for FBWA mode and its performance to the same.
Take Off done at FBWA mode by Hand Launch.…"
Aug 3, 2018
Pragadish Santhosh replied to Pragadish Santhosh's discussion Building Fixed Wing UAV for Aerial Mapping
"                                                                        TEST FLIGHT -1

Description:

Pre Flight Checklist checks done.
Flight checked for FBWA mode and its performance to the same.
Take Off done at FBWA mode by Hand Launch. (Refer…"
Jul 28, 2018
Pragadish Santhosh replied to Pragadish Santhosh's discussion Building Fixed Wing UAV for Aerial Mapping
"Hi Rodrigo,
We chose X8 cuz of the performance it will give in terms of speed and flight time, also the spacious fuselage is one of the reason as we can experiment with more components/payloads.
We get the telemetry data in our Ground station during…"
Jul 28, 2018
Pragadish Santhosh replied to Pragadish Santhosh's discussion Building Fixed Wing UAV for Aerial Mapping
"Hi Rodrigo,
Actually the purpose of going for custom built drone is to improve the accuracy of the results by adding RTK/PPK GPS in future and also to increase the flight time for more area coverage.
Keep following my posts and do recommend me on…"
Jul 26, 2018
Pragadish Santhosh replied to Pragadish Santhosh's discussion Building Fixed Wing UAV for Aerial Mapping
"        15) Problem With Airspeed Sensor 

Again same GPS issue occurred. This time we checked with the components connected to Autopilot.
If Airspeed sensor is connected to the circuit GPS is not powering. If Airspeed Sensor is removed from…"
Jul 25, 2018
Pragadish Santhosh replied to Pragadish Santhosh's discussion Building Fixed Wing UAV for Aerial Mapping
"Discussion continues with connections check...
9K) Connections Checks

Checked whether above mentioned connections are done perfectly before Connecting from battery to Power module
Started from Install firmware to the Autopilot by connecting…"
Jul 10, 2018
Pragadish Santhosh replied to Pragadish Santhosh's discussion Building Fixed Wing UAV for Aerial Mapping
"I am continuing the discussion with connections of components...
9J) Purpose of Y-cable connection

a) Connection between ESC and Servo (to power servo)
b) Connection between ESC and Autopilot (to send throttle signal to ESC-motor)
c) Connection…"
Jul 4, 2018
Pragadish Santhosh replied to Pragadish Santhosh's discussion Building Fixed Wing UAV for Aerial Mapping
"Fabrication process finished and followed by that placement of components as follows
9. Placing components in Airframe Fuselage compartments

a) Weightless foam pieces were stuck using hot glue gun at the fuselage bottom part compartments to level…"
Jul 3, 2018
Pragadish Santhosh replied to Pragadish Santhosh's discussion Building Fixed Wing UAV for Aerial Mapping
"I am continuing my fabrication process.
Please suggest me if anything needs changes or modifications
Airframe 
Checked for all Parts

Pair of Wings with Elevons and Wing joiners
Fuselage top and bottom parts
Canopy
Two Carbon Rods to Strengthen…"
Jul 2, 2018
Pragadish Santhosh posted a discussion
Am looking for building a Fixed Wing UAV for Aerial mapping and performing it based on my own research. Your suggestions are most welcome to correct myself in building it. AIMTo assemble a Fixed wing UAV for Aerial Mapping with 2.5 - 3 hours…
Jun 26, 2018