 Attached the mount onto the arm last week. Currently, the lidar and OFS are attached and wired up thanks to Mena Azab . (The wires are just zip-tied to the tube so they aren’t flying all over the place when the drone is flying) Some things to improve onupon: Slight wobbling of the part that slides into because hole for the tube because the hole is slightly a little big. Just need to change reduce the hole diameter and reprint to find the sweet spot. Might be challenging to insert/remove the Clevis pin because it is directly under the tube (but it wasn’t too bad when I tried it). I can redesign if it’s too inconvenient but I don’t see it being a huge issue. If everyone thinks I should redesign so that the clevis pin should be perpendicular to the tube length-wise then I could but it might add there’s a high chance it adds more weight to the mount ;/ Need to add more space for the wires (it still fits but would be nicer to have more space) and the FPV camera since the plate is kind of close to the tube.
There was a concern about the leg appearing in the CV camera’s field of view (which would affect object detection stuff) but I tested this with the autonomy leads and the legs don’t appear in the CV camera (LET’S GO). But not sure if the leg will appear in the FPV camera (also which subteam should I inquire about stuff relating to the FPV cam?)
If anyone has suggestions on how I can improve the mount please lmk, would love to hear your thoughts! | 