<![CDATA[VOXL Dev Drones]]>https://forum.modalai.com/category/43RSS for NodeWed, 20 May 2026 20:14:38 GMTThu, 29 Jan 2026 19:50:09 GMT60<![CDATA[Setup ModalAI as a vendor]]>Hello ModalAI Team,

My team are interested in purchasing an additional Starling 2 drone. My company, Hitachi America Ltd., has a policy in place that requires that we setup a merchant as a vendor before we can make large purchases. We can't directly purchase from online stores before we finish this process. I have attempted to email contact@modalai.com a few times over a week without any answer. Is there a better way to contact someone to get this setup?

]]>https://forum.modalai.com/topic/5020/setup-modalai-as-a-vendorhttps://forum.modalai.com/topic/5020/setup-modalai-as-a-vendorThu, 29 Jan 2026 19:50:09 GMT<![CDATA[Urgent Assistance Needed: Voxl2 and portal access issue in my starling 2 modalai drone]]>@Alex-Kushleyev Thank you for your response, it was the issue with the battery, May be my battery is damaged, when I provide external power source of 12 volt power supply, then it is working perfectly fine. Now I am able to access the portal and voxl2 as well. thank you

]]>https://forum.modalai.com/topic/4172/urgent-assistance-needed-voxl2-and-portal-access-issue-in-my-starling-2-modalai-dronehttps://forum.modalai.com/topic/4172/urgent-assistance-needed-voxl2-and-portal-access-issue-in-my-starling-2-modalai-droneWed, 12 Feb 2025 07:08:25 GMT<![CDATA[Starling 2 vs Sentinel]]>@tom Sounds good. Thanks for making me familiar with your platform. I will get a quote soon and purchase one starling 2 max.

]]>https://forum.modalai.com/topic/4005/starling-2-vs-sentinelhttps://forum.modalai.com/topic/4005/starling-2-vs-sentinelTue, 10 Dec 2024 17:39:39 GMT<![CDATA[Starling MAX]]>@Thomas-Eiszler , As long as you dont actually have the APM connected, having the power manager driver enabled in PX4 will not conflict with the mini ESC also reporting battery_status. This is because even though the APM driver in PX4 will attempt to start, it will fail to find the actual hardware device (via i2c probe) and will exit the driver. However, it is best to disable the power manager (APM) driver.

Starling 2 MAX uses two 2-cell packs in series, so it is a 4-cell pack.

when you run voxl-esc spin test, it should report voltage reported by each ESC. Does that match the actual battery voltage or is it also wrong (as is reported in your battery_status ?

Alex

]]>https://forum.modalai.com/topic/3837/starling-maxhttps://forum.modalai.com/topic/3837/starling-maxFri, 27 Sep 2024 19:08:44 GMT<![CDATA[Equipment Requirements Hardware]]>@Eric-Katzfey Dear Moderator, I am a Drones Engnineer fimiliar with Python, C,C++, PX4 and QGC, Kindly tell me which hardware modems and radios are required in order to develop the SWARM Drones formation and Mesh Networking, I am new to Starling Platforms and Need help

]]>https://forum.modalai.com/topic/3473/equipment-requirements-hardwarehttps://forum.modalai.com/topic/3473/equipment-requirements-hardwareThu, 23 May 2024 12:49:55 GMT<![CDATA[Mesh Network in Wifi FOR SWARM OF DRONES]]>Hi,
I can see modal AI has modems for the connection of the drones with the GCS as in the following article

https://docs.modalai.com/dtc-user-guide/
Kindly let me know that If I want to form a SWARM Drone Formation How I can achieve this over Wifi like 2 drones controlling from GCS and exchanging the information ?Please guide me is there any hardware which support this ?

]]>https://forum.modalai.com/topic/3471/mesh-network-in-wifi-for-swarm-of-droneshttps://forum.modalai.com/topic/3471/mesh-network-in-wifi-for-swarm-of-dronesWed, 22 May 2024 18:15:46 GMT<![CDATA[SWARM Drone Formation with Starling Drones]]>@Zarrar By "doing it on your own" we mean that we have not done the work to enable any of these features. You would need to do that. And since we have not done that work we cannot answer your specific questions on how to do it. But that is the beauty of the Starling drone. It is an open platform for doing exactly this kind of development work. We would love to hear how you are able to use the Starling for SWARM Formation!

]]>https://forum.modalai.com/topic/3467/swarm-drone-formation-with-starling-droneshttps://forum.modalai.com/topic/3467/swarm-drone-formation-with-starling-dronesWed, 22 May 2024 13:12:35 GMT<![CDATA[Are there any URDF for the dev drones>?]]>@skl1g14
in case anyone looking for URDF for m500 drone, i have it here
https://github.com/UoSM-CIRG/CAD-Files/tree/master/drone_dev_kit/catkin_ws/src/display_model/description/m500_urdf/urdf

]]>https://forum.modalai.com/topic/2585/are-there-any-urdf-for-the-dev-droneshttps://forum.modalai.com/topic/2585/are-there-any-urdf-for-the-dev-dronesTue, 22 Aug 2023 03:34:32 GMT