Part 02 / Hardware & flight
07 / 09Print, build, first flight
Establish a stable aircraft before adding learning.
Fabricate and inspect the frame, assemble the electronics, commission the stock flight stack, and produce a measured hover record in a controlled indoor enclosure.
The goal for this build
What you’ll be able to do.
- Assemble a serviceable vehicle with documented wiring and mass.
- Verify motor order, estimator alignment and failsafes without propellers.
- Calibrate positioning and inspect vibration before autonomous tests.
- Document a stable stock-controller hover with usable telemetry.
What to have ready
- Module 6 approved geometry and compatible components
- Suitable indoor netted test area and a competent spotter
- Local requirements, site permission and applicable insurance checked
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03 / Prove it
Keep the evidence.
Then run the gate.
What you ship
- Built aircraft, photographed wiring record and as-built wiring plan
- BOM with measured all-up mass
- Pinned firmware, parameter dump and failsafe observations
- 60 s hover log, video reference and Module 07 evidence
Module 07 gateEvidence required
- Stable, airborne 60 s hover on the stock stabilized controller in a declared window.
- No gyro or accelerometer clipping, counted onboard at the sensor rate.
- RMS tilt remains below 5° during the declared hover interval.
- Weighed mass is at most 227 g, battery thresholds are set for 3S, and build evidence, the as-built wiring plan and failsafe checks are retained.
With a free account: the gate command and how to record your evidence.
The story behind the build
Episode companions.
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