Hardware Overview¶
This page gives an overview of all hardware components used in the project.
Equipment per team¶
Each team receives the following main components:
- 3.5" FPV drone with CineWhoop frame (flight-ready)
- Skyzone Cobra X FPV goggles
- Li-Ion batteries (3 pieces)
- Radiomaster GX12 ELRS radio controller
- Raspberry Pi Zero 2 WH
- Raspberry Pi AI Camera Module
- MicroAir MTF-01P (LiDAR + Optical Flow)
Safety note
Always use a Smoke Stopper before powering up the drone, to prevent damage from short circuits. Never fly indoors without the propeller guard.
Component overview¶
Components required directly for flight:
- Frame with propeller guard (CineWhoop)
- Flight controller with motor control
- 4× motors
- 4× propellers (Gemfan D90-5 / HQProp DT90MMX5)
- ELRS receiver
- GPS receiver with compass
Removed from the current build
The FPV camera (RunCam Phoenix 2) and the video transmitter (SpeedyBee TX800 VTX) with its antenna have been removed from the current build.
- FPV camera (RunCam Phoenix 2) — removed from the current build
- Video transmitter (SpeedyBee TX800 VTX) — removed from the current build
- Skyzone Cobra X FPV goggles
- A/V video grabber (MacroSilicon MS210x)
- Raspberry Pi Zero 2 WH
- Raspberry Pi AI Camera Module
- 32 GB MicroSD card
- MicroAir MTF-01P: optical flow + LiDAR rangefinder, on FC SERIAL5
- 9 g drop servo: payload release driven from the Pi on GPIO18 (PWM); see Servo mechanism
Architecture¶
graph TD
A[Radio controller<br/>Radiomaster GX12] -->|ELRS 2.4 GHz| B[ELRS receiver]
B --> C[Flight controller]
C --> D[Motors]
C --> E[GPS + compass]
F[MTF-01P] -->|UART| C
G[Raspberry Pi Zero 2] -->|MAVLink/UART| C
H[AI camera] -->|CSI| G
G -->|GPIO18 PWM| K[Drop servo]
C --> I["VTX (removed)"]
I -.->|5.8 GHz| J["FPV goggles (removed)"]Tools & accessories¶
- Hex and Allen keys (1.5 / 2.0 / 4.0 / 5.5 / 8.0 mm)
- 48-piece precision bit set
- SkyRC B6neo+ charger
- Speedybee Adapter V3
- CP2102 USB-UART adapter
- Power bank 20000 mAh PD 20 W