Sponsored by PCBWay.

When I was young, me and my dad used to go out sailing together. This project channels my childhood into a classic aka: Matchstic project - an autonomous drone boat. Its 3D printed, using my usual PixHawk and Raspberry Pi combo for control.

Its prototype number 1 of my attempt at the microtransat, an international competion to send an autonomous or unmanned vessel across the Atlantic Ocean. Gotta set those ambitions high, huh!

🌐 Links

PCBWay - Video sponsor
https://www.pcbway.com

Microtransat
https://www.microtransat.org/

How to connect Pixhawk and Raspberry Pi (telemetry cable, and using MAVProxy)
https://www.hackster.io/Matchstic/con...

Tuning ArduPilot (rover docs, but the same for boats)
https://ardupilot.org/rover/docs/rove...

3D designs for the hull (missing velcro strap blocks)
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/6aqov1...

😎 Social Stuff

Mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@akamatchstic
Patreon:   / akamatchstic  

🎞️ Chapters

00:00 - Introduction
01:02 - Building the hull
05:48 - Electronics
06:58 - Bathtub test
08:57 - Lake tests
12:03 - Tuning
14:22 - Final test

ℹ️ Attributions

Samuel Fielder - Woodstock's second sea trip at Weston
   • Woostock's second sea trip at Weston  

🎵 Music

In order of usage:

bezserca - Purpose
   • bezserca - purpose  

TrackTribe - Upstate
   • TrackTribe - "Upstate" [Copyright Free]  

DivKid - Icelandic Arpeggios
   • Icelandic Arpeggios  

Punch Deck - Neon Underworld
   • Punch Deck - Neon Underworld  

Alex-Productions - Startup
   • Minimal Technology Corporate by Alex-...  

Punch Deck - Persistence
   • Punch Deck - Persistence  

BVG x møndberg - insomnia
   • BVG x møndberg – insomnia  

nihilore - Garden
http://www.nihilore.com/prog-rock

Depth Fuse - French Fuse
   • Depth Fuse  

Punch Deck - Elegance in Simplicity
   • Punch Deck - Elegance in Simplicity  

Keywords: ArduPilot, PixHawk, Pix32, microtransat