SkyChat is a platform designed for glider pilots in sambusak hovercraft, facilitating communication through a specialized chat interface and providing real-time telemetry via a drone dashboard. This solution is crafted to minimize the actions required by users, allowing them to focus on their flight and communication.

• Real-time Communication: Built with WebSocket for live interaction.
• User Authentication: Supports signup, signin, and logout functionalities.
• Active User Display: See who's online at a glance.
• Message Utilities: Send and receive messages instantly.

• Live Telemetry: View real-time data from your drone.
• Command Transmission: Send commands to your drone directly through the interface.
• WebSocket Integration: Ensures that all telemetry data is up-to-date and transmitted in real-time.
• Pymavlink: Utilizes pymavlink for effective communication with drones.

login

signup

chat

drone dashboard

Given more development time, several features and improvements are planned:

• WebSocket Scaling: Integrate Redis to manage socket connections across multiple pods in environments like OpenShift, addressing statefulness issues.
• Enhanced Security: Shift from localStorage to server-side storage using cookies for JWT and refresh tokens.
• Data Management: Implement pagination for efficient data fetching.
• Read Receipts: Add message read/unread status to enhance user communication.
• Group Messaging: Enable users to create and communicate within groups.
• Quick Messages: Allow sending of common phrases through one-click actions.
• Advanced Drone Dashboard: Redesign the dashboard to provide more comprehensive drone data.
• Feedback System: Implement success and error snackbars for immediate user feedback.

• Python installed on your machine.
• .env file set up (refer to example.env for setup).

1. Download MongoDB from MongoDB Community Download.
2. Install MongoDB using the wizard.
3. Download and extract the MongoDB Shell from MongoDB Shell Download.
4. Add the MongoDB Shell bin directory to your environment's PATH.
5. Edit the MongoDB config file to add a replica set:

replication:
  replSetName: "my-rs"

6. Restart the MongoDB service.
7. Initialize the replica set:

mongosh
rs.initiate()

8. add to the connection string the name you gave to your replicaset

• If using Windows, download WSL.
• Open Ubuntu terminal and set up the ArduPilot simulator

git clone https://github.com/ArduPilot/ardupilot.git
cd ardupilot/
git fetch --tags
git checkout tags/Copter-4.4.4
git submodule update --init --recursive
Tools/environment_install/install-prereqs-ubuntu.sh -y
. ~/.profile
cd ArduCopter
sim_vehicle.py -w
sim_vehicle.py --console --map

cd server
pip install -r requirements.txt
uvicorn main:app --reload

cd ../client
npm i
npm run start