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
- FPV camera
- Video transmitter (VTX)
- 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
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
C --> I[VTX]
I -.->|5.8 GHz| J[FPV goggles]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