Where to start with setting up a BVLOS wing

APSync / Companion Computers
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I am normally quite good at figuring things out on my own but am stuck on this one, I am looking for help on what direction to go in from someone who has gone down this road before.

I am looking to set up a BVLOS fixed wing. I currently have everything on the wing side set up with a Matek F765 using Crossfire and DJI HD but would like to convert to use video and control over 4G/LTE

There are a lot of options from this page: https://ardupilot.org/dev/docs/companion-computers.html# using something like UAVMatrix would be easy turnkey but I want to do it on my own. It seems like there are a lot of options to choose from on that page from APSync to Rpanion-server and lots of different hardware options to choose from.

I don’t know where to start and any help from someone who has done this before would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much in advance for all the help!

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Basic configuration would be a raspberry running mavlink-router on the plane and a pc with joystick as a ground station.
PC and raspberry must have internet and see each other. In order to have the pc and raspberry comunicate you can setup a vpn (harder) or use zerotier (easier).
I think there is a post on the blog section of this site that explains how to do it in detail.

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Thanks for the reply! I found the post, HERE for other.

It seems to be super complex for me but I’m going to buy the equipment and give it a try, if I cant get it to work I can always fall back and get it setup with uavmatrix.