I volunteer for the thrift store that supports our local hospice, preparing the more complex electronics for sale.
A Mavic 2 Pro and controller, minus drone battery and charger has got to the front of my queue.
The controller charges via USB and powers on.
I've figured out how to power up the drone from a bench power supply set to 16.2V - as the drone is powering up it draws about 0.8A - by connecting to terminals 3 and 7.
The drone's behavior is some initial small movements of the motors, then the camera servoes to straight ahead. Then the lights at each corner do some flashing, red at the front and red / green at the back.
All promising at that stage, but the controller stays displaying "connecting".
As a charity, I have to work within rules that say I shouldn't buy parts unless I can prove that they will make the item saleable, so until I've got a little further with this, I'm not allowed to buy a battery and charger.
Although I won't be able to do any flying captive, I suspect, even a hover, I need to establish communications and grabs some images from the camera.
What do you all advise please?
And thank you for helping me support our hospice.
A Mavic 2 Pro and controller, minus drone battery and charger has got to the front of my queue.
The controller charges via USB and powers on.
I've figured out how to power up the drone from a bench power supply set to 16.2V - as the drone is powering up it draws about 0.8A - by connecting to terminals 3 and 7.
The drone's behavior is some initial small movements of the motors, then the camera servoes to straight ahead. Then the lights at each corner do some flashing, red at the front and red / green at the back.
All promising at that stage, but the controller stays displaying "connecting".
As a charity, I have to work within rules that say I shouldn't buy parts unless I can prove that they will make the item saleable, so until I've got a little further with this, I'm not allowed to buy a battery and charger.
Although I won't be able to do any flying captive, I suspect, even a hover, I need to establish communications and grabs some images from the camera.
What do you all advise please?
And thank you for helping me support our hospice.