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Explain what capacity you need, what needs to be mounted, etc.

Necessary items:

  • Jetson

  • CV camera

  • < rfd900 >

  • etcRPI

  • Lidar

Flight characteristics needed:

  • Flight speed

  • flight distance

  • max altitude

  • < etc >

  • stability

Comms / Support needed:

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Autonomous/repeatable missions

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FPV Video from the drone?

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etc….

🫂 Mandatory Attendees

This is a section for all attendees from your subteam which will be present for this flight test. (because they are testing their products, or otherwise)

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titleDay-of checklist

  • Batteries in safety bag

  • Equipment

    • Zip tie

    • duck tape

    • label maker

    • Type c cable

    • ELRS Gemini

    • Saleae Logic Analyzer

    • charged WARG laptop

    • spare bag for small electronics

    • controller box

      • two controller

      • battery tester

    • VTX box

  • execute

Total 5 main system checked:

  • Power system(battery and connection)

  • Propulsion system(motor and propeller)

  • Controller system(Control links and ground station system)

  • Sensory system(sensors)

  • Video system (VTX)

  • Debrief

  • clean / store equipment if necessary

⏲️ Flight Test Timeline

note test 1 is competition task 1 and test 2 is competition task 2

Date/Time

Action

Notes

lunch time ish

Briefing @ WARG Bay

 

Arrival at Flight Test Location

 

Experiment with tracking antenna

 

 

Bring equipment to flightline

 

Test1 card 1

Hardy Yu manually track the drone

RTL because RC failsafe

Configure direct binding phrase to use normal controller elrs instead of gemini

 

Test 1 card 1

 Nathan Green

Test 2 card 1 practice #1

 Nathan Green

 

 Test 2 card 1 practice #2

 Nathan Green

 

 switch battery

 

Test 2 card 1 practice #3

Nathan Green

Test 2 card 1 practice #4

Nathan Green

Test 2 card 1 practice #5

Yuchen Lin

Presentation Photos

Start 4:30pm

Debrief

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💻 DEBRIEF

Flight test debrief report

Before Card 1:

Before departure

Yuchen Lin didn’t logistic going to flight test → next time book the car beforehand + long weekend machine shop does not open

Yuchen Lin Hardy Yu Testing with huston → connected to mission planner and able to forward the message(test 2 times)

  • first one does not flash the latest code

  • second one see tracking antenna working as expected

After departure

pre-flight tracking antenna testing: (no code change)

Keep rotating without stop and does not work

After adjust to the north keep rotating clockwise

does not help after adding delay

 

Card 1 Test 1

Info

Flight planning

  • conduct half task 1 goal (1.5 lap)

Flight test card requirements/objectives Performance

  • Comp sim

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Control performance & payload situation

  • Four payload in the cabin + alien key

  • Hardy Yu manually track the drone

Note

Identified issue

  • Compass variance issue

  • place the drone backward and cause sharp turning

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Issue need to be RCA

 Gemini not working (performance worse than without gemini) → fully lost link

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Link quality got worst after first lap

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possible thermal issue

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flew lost link 750 meter

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gemini is not hot at all

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look at power used(power limit)

 

Card 1 Test 1 retry 1

Info

Flight planning

conduct half task 1 goal (1.5 lap)

Flight test card requirements/objectives Performance

  • Check tuning in all three mode and compass variable at full throttle.

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Control performance & payload situation

  • Four payload in the cabin

  • Current draw pretty good at calm weather

  • half of task 1 5000mah

Note

Identified issue

  • aggressive takeoff

  • Almost all the time ekf yellow

Warning

Issue need to be RCA

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Card 2 Test 1

Info

Flight planning

  • Test the auto mission task 2 pathing and training pilot for landing

Flight test card requirements/objectives Performance

  • During flight time upload the mission to pixhawk

  • Arm in auto and complete the mission

  • Pilot navigate through and land on the pad with fpv goggle

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Control performance & payload situation

  • Four payload in the cabin

  • GSO and pilot get familiar with callout (Better callout procedure for less than 1 meter → with range finder) practice next week

  • cannot really callout the height sub 1 meter

  • easy to land on the paved ground

  • all the landing are smooth and within timeframe

  • descent first

Note

Identified issue

  • Daniel Puratich callout at last waypoint based on height not ardupilot

  • Full path does not show outside of planning window

Warning

Issue need to be RCA

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Overall performance and Lessons learned

Outcomes

  • confident in flight characteristics of the drone and electrical robsutness

    • spline waypoints looked good during flight but looks poor on mission plannre

  • low confidence in custom rf links and tracking antenna

    • not using tracking antenna for comp → cc Daniel Puratich to bringup at AEAC

    • Gemini board was low link quality

      • try another gemini board and see if it works

  • Nathan Green apply new mag fit data based on today’s data

Check weather before comp.

Flightline tasks:
bring vtx tower, drone(path uploaded, battery in , shourds on), controller and the monitor

Before takeoff

Daniel Puratich conduct the pre takeoff checklist

manually toggle safety switch

confirm take off flight mode

arm in auto