Pilot (key role)

• Fly the drone at competition

  • Control and handling

  • System state and behaviour

• Communicate with others about flight requirements and drone status

• Advanced RPAS licence

• WARG pilot level: Highest (TODO Define)

• Experience manually piloting the competition drone

• Experience with the drone characteristics (manual and autonomous)

• Experience piloting the competition drone along a ground station and ground station operator

Ground station operator (key role)

• Operate the ground station program(s)

• Plan and execute flight paths

• Communicate critical flight information to pilot

• Interface between pilot and rest of flightline crew during flight

• Log and analyze flight data

• WARG ground station level: Highest (TODO Define)

• Experience operating the ground station program(s)

• Experience operating with a pilot

Manager (key role)

• Ensure attendees are clear on tasks

• Maintain team cohesion

• Clearly communicate plans and updates

• Organize meetings as necessary

• Subteam lead or director role

• Ability to organize a large group of people

• Strong communication skills

• Strong interpersonal management and conflict resolution skills

Driver

• Drive to and from competition

• Park, unload, and load vehicle

• Familiarize route to destination

• Class G driver’s licence or equivalent

• Registered SDC driver

• Experience driving an SDC vehicle

Driver with trailer

• Drive to and from competition

• Park, unload, and load vehicle and trailer

• Hitch, unhitch, and move trailer

• Familiarize route to destination

• Class G driver’s licence or equivalent

• Registered SDC driver

• Experience driving an SDC vehicle

• Completed trailer training with Graeme

Navigator

• Occupy front passenger seat

• Direct driver along route

• Climate and music control

• Experience driving

• Good taste in music

Logistics

• Manage and record team finances for competition

• Check into and out of hotels

• Communicate with competition organizersCommunicate travel and lodging plans to team

• Coordinate rest stops and meals

• Communicate with competition organizers

• Strong planning skills

• Strong communication skills

• Attention to detail

Flightline assembly

• Assemble the landing gear, props, cabin for any preflight assembly that is necessary

• Experience working with physical competition drone at flight tests

• Strong attention to detail

Pit organization

• Organize equipment and tables for good workflow

• Experience using WARG bay and tools

• Experience with mechanical and electrical subteam workflows

Frame assembly

• Assemble and repair the structural components of the drone

  • X-frame, landing gear

• Experience with assembling and repairing the competition drone’s structural components

Cabin and device mounting

• Assemble and repair the nonstructural components of the drone

  • Cabin, electronic device mounts

• Experience with assembling and repairing the competition drone’s nonstructural components

Harnessing

• Assemble, test, and repair the drone’s power and wiring systems

• Charge and store batteries as appropriate

• Experience with the competition drone’s physical wiring layout

• Experience with assembling and testing the drone’s power and wiring systems

• Experience with soldering

• Experience with oscilloscopes

• Experience with motors and ESCs

Control System

• Ensure drone sensors, communication, and control systems are working correctly

  • Pixhawk, GPS, camera, antenna

• Experience working on and troubleshooting Pixhawk, GPSs, cameras, etc. TODO

• TODO: Others?

Tracking Antenna Mechanical

• Ensure tracking antenna’s mechanical systems are working correctly

• Troubleshoot and make repairs if required

• Experience with tracking antenna

• TODO: Others?

Tracking Antenna Controls

• Ensure nonmechanical systems are working correctly

  • Electrical

  • Software

• Troubleshoot and make repairs if required

• Experience with tracking antenna

• TODO: Others?

Autonomy airside system

• Setup and run airside system software

• Setup and configure airside system hardware

• Debug and troubleshoot airside system

• Log and analyze flight data

• Knowledge of the airside system architecture

• Knowledge of airside system design decisions

• Experience with the airside system software and expected behaviour

• Experience with the airside system hardware

  • Jetson, $200 CV camera, power, communication

• Experience with command line in Windows and Linux operating environment

• Strong debugging skills

Autonomy groundside system

• Setup and run groundside system

• Debug and troubleshoot groundside system

• Log and analyze flight data

• Knowledge of the groundside system architecture

• Knowledge of groundside system design decisions

• Experience with the groundside system and expected behaviour

• Experience with the groundside system hardware

  • Computer, sunshade, antenna

• Experience with command line in Windows

• Strong debugging skills

Presenter

• Practice and finetune presentation at competition with other presenters

  • Practiced before competition as well

• Present at the competition

• Involved with the development of the presentation

• Strong oral communication skills

• Presentation visual design skills

Presenter French

• Practice and finetune presentation at competition with other presenters

  • Practiced before competition as well

• Present at the competition in French

• Orally fluent in technical French

• Involved with the development of the presentation

  • French slide

• Strong oral communication skills

• Presentation visual design skills

Report Writing

• Ready and able to write the post task report

• Understand competition objectives and WARG outcomes

• Understand drone systems

• Analyze causes of possible failure

• Communicate information to a general audience

• Strong technical writing skills

• Strong English writing skills

• Involved in flight test post mortems

• Ability to recommend changes by analyzing what happened previously

• Attention to detail