Avionics Board
The avionics board is a highly integrated module that provides power conditioning and signal routing throughout the entire aircraft. The avionics in total is comprised of the autopilot, power supplies, GPS receiver, air data system, and telemetry radio, and battery.
Autopilot
The autopilot performs autonomous navigation and provides aircraft stabilization when flying in optional autopilot assisted flight modes. The autopilot itself is a suite of sensors that measure flight metrics and make changes in flight as needed. All flight data is recorded onboard as an autopilot log and all information sent over the radio link is saved as a telemetry log.
The autopilot runs ArduPlane firmware.
GPS
The aircraft uses a multi-constellation, multi-band Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver and an active antenna used for determining aircraft position, altitude, and geo-referencing. The receiver is capable of tracking all existing GNSS constellations. The receiver also features integrated anti-spoofing and jamming technologies.
Avionics Specs
| Parameter | Specification |
|---|---|
| Autopilot Hardware | Cube |
| Autopilot Firmware | ArduPlane |
| Autopilot Sensors | GPS, 3x IMU, 3x mag, 2x baro, airspeed |
| Telemetry Protocol | MAVLink |
| GPS | Sirius RTK F9P |
| GPS Constellation | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, SBAS, QZSS |
| GPS Frequency | L1/L2 |
| Anti-Spoofing/Jamming | Integrated, OSNMA (optional) |
Power Management
The carbureted aircraft is powered by a rechargeable lithium polymer (LiPo) avionics battery. Battery voltage powers the avionics board and is then passed through or further regulated within the avionics for the autopilot, radios, actuators, and subsystems.
Then EFI aircraft is powered similarly but the alternator on board keeps the lithium polymer (LiPo) battery charged to ~90%.
Battery Specs
| Parameter | Specification Carbureted | Specification EFI |
|---|---|---|
| Avionics Battery | 2S 16Ah LiPo | 12s 52Ah LiPo |
| Avionics Battery Voltage | 6.6 - 8.4V | 39.6V - 50.4V |