My Automated Mower Project

[chucknitro (David)]

Thanks to everyone who posts here. I’ve done a lot of reading and have most of my hardware.

The target is a 5ha (11acre) Paragliding Landing Paddock. It needs about 7-8 mows/year. It’s hard to justify a lot of $$$$

I saw the link from @Dave_Smith1 to this Mower and it’s on the way.

Using an old laptop to run:

• Mission Planner
• Pixhawk 6C
• Holybro F9P GPS (Fixed Base plus 2 for GPS Yaw)
• Sik Telemetry Radios, and
• Lots of plugs/wire etc

Thanks to @Yuri_Rage for his recent videos and responses.

I’ll keep you updated as it happens.

[chucknitro (David)]

Still waiting on the mower. It’s on a ship somewhere.

Thanks to @Yuri_Rage I’ve got the Fixed Base working over TCP. Currently using a repurposed RPi 4 Model B. A RPi Zero 2W is on its way. I plan to power it using a 10,000 mAH battery power bank with USB-C output (5V@3A).

Powered up the Flight Controller and took it for a walk around the backyard. It seems to know where it us and which way it’s facing.

All that feels like a bit of a win so far

[chucknitro (David)]