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Verification and flight testing
The following chapter describes the necessary steps to verify flight readiness, checklists and the expected performance. We using Solex-CC as the basis to control the ROS implementation, DNNs and the overall interaction with the drone.
This is the most important step. Disconnect the TX2. Then launch and test fly the drone. Check all flight modes, in particular LOITER, FLOW_HOLD, STABILIZE and ALTHOLD. Do all flight testing w/o the TX2 connected and booted in order to rule out any side effects.
Note: The TX2 and in particular the ZED camera emit a lot of EMI noise. Therefore check compass readings and GPS DOP and sat count values with and without the TX"/ZED connected before the first flight.
When everything works as expected, connect the TX2 and ZED camera and continue with the next step.
First, dry-run all required steps to launch the different DNNs and services. Checkout the following video which explains all necessary steps.
If you are using Solex as your GCS, you may handle all ROS nodes, DNNs, and video directly from he Solex App. The following video shows the necessary steps and expected results.
See video here: Flying