Activity #2 Unboxing

In this activity, you will see all the elements provided in order to assemble the drone and be able to fly it. There are a total of 13 elements:

Figure 1: Kit delivered.

In addition, there are two elements, battery and propellers, that for safety reasons, were only delivered at the time of flight tests or, in the case of the batery, for the calibrations:

Figure 2: Battery and propellers not included in the kit.

Now, in the next table, we are going to see a resume table describing each elements seen in the previous pictures, with a brief description and where they can be purchased and the approximately prices:

 

 

NUMBERNAME/LINKFUNCTIONALITYPRICE [€]
1 & 2 & 15Hexsoon EDU 450 Frame and propulsion system Propellers (4PCS) 
Motors (4PCS) 
Motor Mount set (4SETS) 
Arm Mount set(4SETS) 
Aerofoil Arm (4PCS) 
Landing Gear
Power Distributer 
ESC (4PCS)
299.90
3Pixhawk 2.1 Orange CubeThe controller is designed to be used with a
domain-specific carrier board in order to
reduce the wiring, improve reliability,
and ease of assembly. 
306.90 
4Raspberry Pi 4 Model B 8 GBWith this computer is possible to
connect the flight controller and send
commands from the computer to the drone. 
 98.99
5Holybro Telemetry Radio 433 MHz 500mWOpen source radio platform that allows ranges
of more than 300m (few kilometres
with patch antenna on the ground)
Open source firmware allows to
work with MAVLink packets
and to be integrated with the
Mission Planner, Copter,Rover, and Plane. 
 48.52
6GPS GNSS Cube Pilot Here 3GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) receiver
with RTK (Real Time Kinematics) and compass.
 153.55
7Battery capacity controllerCan be used to check the battery voltage of
Lithium batteries including Lipo, LiFe, Li-Ion,
as well as NiMH and NiCd batteries. 
 16.04
8Optical sensorThe LW20/C is a small form factor,
100 meter range, laser sensor in an IP67
enclosure suitable for small drones and
self-driving vehicles, where weight, size and power consumption are critical 
279. 15
9Wrench kit10-piece RS PRO fixed wrenches set, Carbon Steel  20.70
10Allen wrench kitSet Hexagonal wrench, RS PRO, 1.27 mm,
1.5 mm, 2 mm, 2.5 mm, 3 mm,
3.5 mm, 4 mm, 4.5 mm,
5 mm, 5.5 mm, 6 mm, 7 mm, 8mm
14.75 
11Screwdriver kitRS PRO screwdriver set, 7 pieces, Interchangeable 14.63
12 FrSky Taranis X9D PLUS SE 2019 ACCESS 2.4GFrSky has frequency hopping ACCST
technology and the entire 2.4GHz range.
279.99 
13Landing pathDrone Landing Pad  12.99
14BatteryLitium Polymer battery Bashing.
5000mAh, 50C,4S1P. 
52.99 
Table 1: Resume table with all the components used.

All together, it makes a total sum of 1599.1€. It may seem a relatively high value, however, in the Drone sector, a Drone with normal characteristics of the DJI model Mavic 2 brand (Source: https://store.dji.com/es/product/mavic-2) has a value of about € 2000. Therefore, it can be considered that it is not a relatively expensive Drone.

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