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    Michael HattonM

    My Starling 2 Max GPS - denied Development Drone came with 4 batteries. It also came with a power supply. I used the instructions to power the drone with the power supply. But I see no way to charge the batteries with the power supply. Is that something else I will need to purchase?

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    Eric KatzfeyE

    @JB1 Our voxl-remote-id software with WiFi dongle is intended only for reference and is not meant to be a commercially ready system for our customers who need a remote id solution for their VOXL2 based drone products. Integration, testing, validation, and FAA registration with desired hardware is up to the end user. At a minimum the manufacturer id would need to be changed from ModalAI's id to your companies issued manufacturer id.

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    Ben LinneB

    before running esptool ensure px4 is disabled with "systemctl status voxl-px4"
    if it's still running try disabling it again and rebooting.
    It must be disabled from boot for esptool to work.
    Then after the update is successful you can re-nable px4 and reboot

    Once the update is complete the receiver led should start blinking and the voxl-elrs ping command should respond

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    Alex KushleyevA

    @jameskuesel ,

    I think there is another option which i have not considered before. The first three cameras are the same as above:

    : M0173 J1: AR0144 slot 0 : CCI0 : M0173 J2: AR0144 slot 6 : CCI1 : M0173 J5: AR0144 slot 2 : CCI2

    Then if we use J8U (which can be done using M0181 - it allows you to connect a Boson sensor to lower slot, and a tracking / hires camera to upper slot). Then the fourth camera would be:

    VOXL2 J8: M0181 Upper : AR0144 slot 5 : CCI3

    And there are no CCI conflicts.

    One issue is that we don't typically sell M0181 by itself (only in a kit). Instead you could use two other options, both of which allow connecting a tracking / hires camera to the upper slot:

    M0194 : https://www.modalai.com/products/m0194/ M0172: https://docs.modalai.com/M0172/ / https://www.modalai.com/products/mdk-m0172-1-00

    The only down side of using M0172 / M0194 instead of M0181 is that the two alternatives do not have a mounting hole that would align with VOXL2 mounting hole, but M0181 does have a tab with a mounting hole for VOXL2 J8, see below. The M0172 and M0194 were really designed as mainly options for VOXL2 mini.

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    Alex KushleyevA

    @Eyal , sorry for the delay. Here is some additional information regarding Stinger FPV:

    https://docs.modalai.com/stinger-vision-datasheet/ base weight with battery : ~570g maximum thrust per motor : 650g @ 15V, 2600g total theoretical theoretical max thrust to weight ratio: 4.5:1, lots of extra margin, but if you add a LOT of weight, will need to check motor temps, etc. CAD model for stinger (may be slightly outdated) : https://forum.modalai.com/topic/5180/looking-stinger-fpv-cad-models -- you can attach your payload to carbon fiber I think that Stinger will be easier to tune up with additional payload because of more responsive and powerful propulsion system than Starling 2. i dont know what your sensor package is so, it is hard to comment about which platform is better. Starling 2 has landing gear that offsets it from the floor. Stringer is much lower to the ground.

    Alex