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* https://arxiv.org/html/2602.06811v1/figure/SciRob_Fig1_Biomi...

* https://arxiv.org/html/2602.06811v1/figure/SciRob_Fig2_Chara...

* https://arxiv.org/html/2602.06811v1/figure/SciRob_Fig7_Discu...


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dylan604yesterday at 5:47 PM

Fig 1 showing the weight broken down by components is interesting. I would have expected the battery to be a larger percentage of the weight.

adolphyesterday at 4:41 PM

Gotta love how their flight control board is the same size and mounted to the back of the ESP32 module.

Edit: It references ELRS but I don't see one of the standard Lora tower antennas used in the smallest commercial modules. They also often use an unshielded esp32 Soc instead of the full module.

   The onboard embedded system is based on an ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N16R8 (dual-core 
  32- bit Xtensa LX7, 240 MHz, 16 MB Flash, 8 MB PSRAM), supporting parallel 
  real-time wing actuation and wireless communication with a custom ground 
  control station for data logging and monitoring. . . . and an LDO outputs 5 V
  to the ExpressLRSmodule. The ELRS module serves only as a safety override for
  manual control.