Table of Contents

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All components discussed apply to varying degrees across the drones shown below and other drones available on the open market.

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Image: Brett Seidell

Module 1 — Batteries, Compass, GPS, IMU

Module 1 Video

Batteries, Compass, GPS, IMU.mp4

Batteries

• Fuel source for majority of commercial drones
• Technology has advanced
  • Flights in 2017 = 10-15 minutes of flight on average for consumer drones
  • Flights in 2026 = 17-50 minutes on CAP drones
• Multi-hour endurance batteries exist on other drones.

Image: Brett Seidell | Multiple cases of CAP Skydio 2 and DJI Air 2S Batteries

Image: Skydio | Removing X10D battery

Image: Wingtra (Cropped) | WingtraOne Gen II Batteries

Compass

• Responsible for heading and orientation information.
• Your drone’s nose direction can be represented on a corner map because of the compass.