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Re: Robotic simulation for Starling-2

Hello,
I have exactly same questions as one asked on this post.

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Do you have/provide an SDF of Starling-2 for Gazebo?
Do you have some documentation for simulation in general that is similar to this (https://developer.parrot.com/docs/sphinx/index.html)?
Do you have some system identification results for the motor and propeller couple (speed vs thrust)?
I know the autopilot part (PX4) can be run as software in the loop (https://docs.px4.io/main/en/simulation/), but I wonder if the VOXL SDK can be run in an Ubuntu desktop computer (as a ROS node or non-ROS)?
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I don't want to perform HITL simulation I want to perform SITL simulation. PX4 already provides IRIS and gz_x500 drone models for performing SITL simulation however I want to perform the simulation with Starling 2 drone to accurately model the physics.

Please do reply to this query.

Thank you,
Jainik Mehta.

@Alex-Kushleyev I am just viewing single camera feed. It doesn't matter which camera feed I choose but specifically choosing the hires camera feed causes voxl2 to heat up instantly. It is same with other camera feed as well.

@Alex-Kushleyev @tom

Thank you for your reply.

1. Voxl2 is installed on the starling 2 drone. It is not enclosed inside any box.

2. voxl-version output:
   
   

3. I pasted the output of voxl-camera-server.conf file below.

4. Voxl2 overheats instantly as soon as I open voxl portal through browser. It suddenly reaches the temperatures shown above. I think the issue is with the voxl-portal or voxl-camera-server package, because if I don't open the voxl portal it doesn't heat up sitting ideally. I tested again and again and it has same issue. i.e. without opening the voxl portal on browser the Voxl2 doesn't heat up.

@Alex-Kushleyev @tom I have attached the mentioned output screenshot below:

Hello, the starling 2 drone that we have reaches temperature over 80 degree celcius without doing any heavy computation on the CPU. It just overheat while sitting ideal. When we connect the battery to the drone and leave it for 5-10 mins it overheats and every running services on VOXL 2 board affects due to this.

Could you please suggest any fix to this problem?

Thank you!

@tom Thank you! This solution worked. I changed this value and reboot the drone and it now connects and fly well with the RC controller.

@mario Were you able to bind the controller to the drone? I think I have the same problem with my starling 2 drone. I assume you also have ORQA controller like me. Are you seeing constant green LED on drone when you turn it on?

@tom said in Drone not flying manually with ORQA FPV.Ctrl controller:

/etc/modalai/voxl-px4.conf

This is my /etc/modalai/voxl-px4.conf file:

@Eric-Katzfey Also I am getting following message:

I guess radio transmitter is still not paired. But drone light turns green as soon as I turn on the transmitter so what can be issue here?

@Eric-Katzfey I am trying to arm my drone via QGC but I am getting following error:

I am not sure what can be the problem.

Hello, I am trying to fly the starling 2 drone with the controller (uber lite ORQA FPV.Ctrl) that came with it, but somehow my drone is not arming. I am not sure if drone is even bounded to controller or not. But as soon as I turn on my controller the led in back turns green and also the led on drone turns green from red, which seems to me that controller is bounded, but then when I turn my left joystick to bottom right corner for arming the drone doesn't arm and propellor doesn't spin. The kill switch is also off. So I don't know what is the problem. Could you please help me with this?

Thank you!