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Here is the final test of our project. It is a fully autonomous mission going to three different waypoints, dropping off a ball at each waypoint and returning home.

Sending PWM values to the servo using Mission Planner

Here is another demonstration of a fully autonomous flight but this one is a little different than the previous one. In this one I was able to get automatic take off to reach the specified altitude. Also got the drone to hover over the waypoint for 3 seconds instead of immediately heading over to the next waypoint once it reaches the waypoint.

Payload Delivery System - Servo Motor Testing

Here is a demonstration of our first fully autonomous flight going to 3 GPS coordinates and returning to launch. Next I will work on doing different things once it reaches each coordinate such as loiter over the coordinate and activating the servo motor once its attached.

Demonstration of loiter mode. Loiter mode uses a combination of altitude hold and GPS lock to keep the drone in one position. Wind moves the drone around a little bit but for the most part it stays in one solid position.

This video demonstrates return to launch mode. Return to launch uses a combination of loiter mode and GPS lock. Once activated it climbs to a certain altitude, flies right above the launch point, loiters a certain amount of time, then descends until it lands. The altitude it climbs to, the time it loiters above the launch point and the speed of decent can be edited in the parameters list in mis...

After I got comfortable with the controls while the drone was on the leash, I took it to a nearby park and flew it around off the leash. Here is a demonstration of flight where I used the remote control to fly it around a bit and then I activated altitude hold mode. Altitude hold mode keeps the drone at the same height while keeping the pilot in control of flight direction. Wind affects the alt...