- Confirm the Raspberry Pi is securely attached to the drone.
- Confirm the image collection software runs when the Raspberris powered on.
- Nathan Green configuring the GPS so both GPS’s are used
- Nathan Green Setting the controller profile on the radio master
- SDC Vehicle key collected → machine shop is closed, we will not be able to grab the key Hardy Yu
- Batteries Planned for (DON'T LEAVE CHARGING OVERNIGHT)
- Drone batteries & spares - 2 sets for pegasus, 3 houston batteries
- Transmitter batteries - 70% on transmitter
- Battery tester/indicator
- On-site kit together - Daniel Puratich announcing checklist
- First Aid Kit
- Ground station if applicable
- Laptop
- Antenna / Receivers
- Transmitter
- Extra Water
- Power cords / Extension cables
- Wrenches - none needed
- Allen keys (metric ones) - three sets
- Knives
- Tape
- Rope/string - not needed
- Zip ties
- Velcro
- Radios
- Safety goggles - not needed
- Fire extinguisher - we dont have one, theyre out of our budget gg
- Spare foam - not needed
- hot glue gun w/ hot glue stick - not bringing that
- harnesses
- ratchet set
- battery removed for velcro (thin 3d printed thing) for pegasus
- Wrestrc
- Airfame assembled
- ESCs/flight controller wired
- Radio equipment tested
- Channel mappings
- Flight modes
- Motors tested
- Check DSHOT configuration (DS300, bidir?)
- Motors plugged into correct pins on pixhawk
- Verify motors 1,2,3,4 in motor test go in the correct order
- Verify motors in a,b,c,d configuration is correct order
- verify rotational response of motors is correct (with more than just audio), move the drone around and check each motors response individually
- Wiring secured (Harnessing)
- End-to-end test (neglecting props)
- Props require a little gold ring which we did not use during the strap down test, may have caused extra vibrations.
- Check the center of gravity - CG is off quite a bit but because only running two batteries and much less hardware then anticipated it will be reasonable for this test
- All components not on the airframe that are required should be in the flight box (e.g. props & prop nuts)
- Airframe payload - Raspberry Pi + $200 Camera
- Mount to airframe pointing downwards (exact angle doesn’t really matter)
- Spare parts
- Props
- Houston props
- Peggy props
- Airframe components (landing struts, arms, etc)
- wings nuts - n/a
- prop nuts
- any detached components such as angle mount - none needed
- Hardware to assemble these components
- Spare Electronics - we dont have much
- ESCs
- Motors
- Flight controllers
- Receiver
- Ground station Software updated
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