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Were running into quite a few issues at this point (cold/snow/TX16s emergency mode)
Waited inside car for a fair bit to allow things to heat up
“Takeoff” & Crash @ 1:23
Jerry Tian ran the plane with Manasva Katyal as pilot, on launch noticed an immediate right yaw and roll. Correction inputs were put in quite quickly but had no effect.
Plane crashed nose first, and prop as well as a part of main fuselage.
Theory:
Servos are rated from 0C to 55C, temperature was -15C so were very sluggish in response
Also, might need more power, so perhaps add additional prop
Frankly takeoff speed was never enough… might need to look into a basic landing gear
Enjoy the video below 😭
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Main Takeaways:
Autonomy likely needs to look into IR cam/filter and worker dying issue more, or we need to test in a non-snowed environment. neeFoam plane stuff will require some reworking. peace