After proving out the end-to-end flight control SW, systems and procedures, it was time to begin integration testing with the mission platform, a modified DJI S800.
I had an S800 built by a local shop using an off-the shelf Flight Controller (a DJI Wookong) and did a bunch of baseline testing with it (endurance, climb rate vs battery charge, stability-vs-CG, etc, etc).
Next, I torn down the S800, rebuilding it with an Arducopter-based flight control system, and developing a custom mounting system that would ultilmately support the range of camera/gimbal/avionics packages I was planning to develop. First step was getting an S800 flying with an APM. If you look carefully, you'll see the rudimentary camera gimbal and GoPro developed for testing both the platform, as will as the mounting system.
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