Hardware setup

Carbon drones:

  • Frame: Turnigy Talon V2.0 (550mm)
  • Motors: Sunnysky X2212-13 980kV
  • ESC: Flycolor 20A BCHeli 204S Opto
  • Sensor module: GY-86 (10 DOF)
    • three-axis gyroscope + triaxial accelerometer: MPU6050
    • compass: HMC5883L
    • barometer: MS5611
  • RF SoC: nRF51822
    • wireless: Bluetooth Low Energy
    • microcontroller: ARM Cortex M0 CPU with 256kB flash + 16kB RAM

Aluminium drones:

  • Frame: Turnigy Talon V2.0 (550mm)
  • Motors: Sunnysky X2212-13 980kV
  • ESC: Flycolor 20A BCHeli 204S Opto
  • Sensor module: GY-86 (10 DOF)
    • three-axis gyroscope + triaxial accelerometer: MPU6050
    • compass: HMC5883L
    • barometer: MS5611
  • RF SoC: nRF51822
    • wireless: Bluetooth Low Energy
    • microcontroller: ARM Cortex M0 CPU with 256kB flash + 16kB RAM