Drone build

[atgcpaul]

Here comes the drone at a less than leisurely speed trying to "get home", and managed to get tangled up in the beach umbrella on its way down, doing considerable damage to both the umbrella and the drone...

Are the drone motors sophisticated enough to provide feedback to the CPU that they've gotten stuck on something so they shut off? I've had to replace some Maxon motors on one of my instruments at work. They provide feedback to the controller so they don't keep trying to power through something and then the controller deactivates them. I was blown away the first time I replaced a motor--they're about $700/each.

[dbhost]

Are the drone motors sophisticated enough to provide feedback to the CPU that they've gotten stuck on something so they shut off? I've had to replace some Maxon motors on one of my instruments at work. They provide feedback to the controller so they don't keep trying to power through something and then the controller deactivates them. I was blown away the first time I replaced a motor--they're about $700/each.

Honestly no clue, just remember watching drone contact umbrella, and pieces go flying everywhere...

[jussi]

Are the drone motors sophisticated enough to provide feedback to the CPU that they've gotten stuck on something so they shut off? I've had to replace some Maxon motors on one of my instruments at work. They provide feedback to the controller so they don't keep trying to power through something and then the controller deactivates them. I was blown away the first time I replaced a motor--they're about $700/each.

Not that I'm aware of. Could be wrong. But the transmitters have really long range, several km, so you should be able to throttle down in the event you get it treed.

[ArtworksIII]

Not that I'm aware of. Could be wrong. But the transmitters have really long range, several km, so you should be able to throttle down in the event you get it treed.

Here is a setup Noah uses to monitor some sort of wind dynamics. this system can fly 180 miles on a program and return on it's own..

[jussi]

Pretty cool but Im surprised he FAA would allow anyone to fly that far. Their latest list of rules for drones say they must be flown Line of sight only.