OSS + ELC EU 2026

Safely flying a drone close to high voltage power lines is a challenge. Making contact with a power line to install hardware on it is even more challenging. The line generates strong electromagnetic interference and there is no room for error in positioning.
In this talk we will go through the challenges we faced with positioning, magnetic interference and changing payload weight. We will show how tailoring the PX4 parameters can address these challenges and compare this to our experience using a DJI M600 where all problems have to be accounted for by our own specialized software. Finally we will present an open problem with RTK degradation resulting in sudden position jumps which we have currently handled in our own software.