Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Here is how I wrote a simple python script to send velocity commands to my simulated drone in Mavlink format.

In order to setup the environment, checkout my previous video: youtu.be/TFDWs_DG2QY

Install TkInter with sudo apt-get install python-tk

Find the code on my Github:
github.com/tizianofiorenzani/how_do_drones_work

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