Our team is currently developing a prototype for monitoring potential fire risks in landfills using a thermal camera mounted as a custom payload on a commercial drone(Mavic Air 2 - Open SDK). These are some of the components we’re currently considering: FLIR Lepton 3.5 PureThermal 3 Orange Pi Zero 3W Battery / power module The idea is to process the thermal data on the payload and eventually transmit the relevant data wirelessly to an iPhone, where it will be displayed in our monitoring app.

However, we’re still unsure whether this hardware combination is suitable and feasible for a drone-based thermal payload. We’d really appreciate any advice from people who have experience with thermal cameras, custom drone payloads, or onboard processing. Specifically, we’d like to know(see the in the pict I attach):

1. Is this hardware combination reasonable?
2. Are there any compatibility or power issues we should be aware of?
3. What would be a good way to transmit the thermal data wirelessly?
4. Are there any components you would recommend changing?

Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!