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aronstrandberg / mvk15

MVK Project: Data Collection Using a Drone, and Graphical Representation via MVC
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Figure out a way to attach the all equipment to the drone #42

Closed fellan12 closed 9 years ago

fellan12 commented 9 years ago

We need to figure out a way to attach all our gadgets to the drone and still make it fly.

With our previous testing on the matter we found out these problem that have to be solved.

karlek commented 9 years ago

If we remove the protective case and change to a smaller battery would that solve the problem?

fellan12 commented 9 years ago

I guess is we remove the case it would help. But if we change the battery to a smaller one, we need one that has enough power to start the pi.

karlek commented 9 years ago

The battery only needs 1 hour of power (although that would be quite on the small end), but where do we find a battery like that?

karlek commented 9 years ago

Is this the current setup? Case: 47g (http://www.adafruit.com/products/2258) Raspberry PI B+: 42g (http://www.adafruit.com/products/1914) GPS: 8.5g (http://www.adafruit.com/product/746) Battery pack: 140g (without cables) (http://www.adafruit.com/products/1565) Wifi USB: 6g (http://www.adafruit.com/products/1012)

fellan12 commented 9 years ago

Yes and apparently it's almost to much...

fellan12 commented 9 years ago

or just about too much...

karlek commented 9 years ago

We can, in an emergency, try to remove a battery cell from the battery to make it lighter and smaller. If it doesn't lift, we don't need the battery anyway

karlek commented 9 years ago

Is it too much even without the case?

fellan12 commented 9 years ago

haven't tried that yet.

karlek commented 9 years ago

Just clarifying for sake of future references: we split the battery into a single battery cell to reduce the weight