The first two classes I spent a lot of time working on trying to find a drill and working on the drone frame. I wasn't able to find a drill, but I found a dremel tool, and used a bit on that to drill a hole in the frame so we could mount the power distribution board. I also was able to figure out that I could put the mounting plate on the bottom of the drone to make more room for components, since the power distribution board took up all the space on top. The distribution board is a little overkill, but it will allow us to give power to other components like lights, cameras, radios, etc. if we want to add those things. In the beginning of the week I also spent time flying the mavic a little, just playing around and flying a little indoors. Zoe and Pikoi's 3D model of the big room is coming along really well, and they have a really good point cloud, so they just need to solidify it and make some masks. The end of the week I spent time researching how to set up the Naza controller and if you can code it with custom code. I found out that it is closed source, but the DJI SDK allows for you to make some minor changes like adding waypoints and creating apps that work with the controller. Next week I hope that I will be able to find more out about coding drones, and begin to either learn C++ or Python because that is what most drones are coded in.
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