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Itinerary overview

May 4th3th: Waterloo → MarathonQuebec City, 12 10 hours expected

May 5th4th: Marathon Quebec City → Southport, 11.5Alma, 3 hours

May 5, 6, 7, 8: Competition

May 9th8th: Southport Alma → MarathonMontreal, 11. 5 hours

May 10th9th: Marathon Montreal → Waterloo, 12 8 hours

Table of Contents

Action items

  • Be at Waterloo @ 5:30am on May 3rdIn WARG bay, E5 2003 @ 6:00 AM Wednesday May 3

Todo:

Comp Travellers:

Vehicles:

  • 1 Dodge Caravan, 1 Dodge Ram, 1 Rav4.trailer

  • Drivers:

    • Please pick up vehicles on May 3rd before ESMS closes, head to ESMS, ask for help, and say you need the keys to the Rav4 and Caravan. Give my name if asked who booked.

    • Please setup ELD app.

    • DO NOT SPEED YOU ARE BEING TRACKED (maybe just use Cruise Control)

    • No more than 6 hours driving in 24 hours. (2+2)

    • Rotate drivers every 2 hours (recommended but not mandated) → See footnote 1

      • Try to fill gas tank whenever possible → who knows if the next 4 gas stations might be empty

  • Fuel: We are responsible for delivering the vehicles back with a full tank.

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titleFootnotes (Vehicles):

1: See how their example does not rotate every 2 hours?

Hotels:

  • Hotels: Marathon there/back, Microtel @ comp.

  • 4 to a room, 2 rooms w 2 queen beds each

  • Hotel Dates: May 4th night, May 8th night

  • Double check in conops and comp when we get accommodation

  • Sahil Kale and Brielle Chenier will pay for 1 room each on each night, at $122/night for 2 nights for 2 rooms.

  • When checking in, use Shrinjay Mukherjee for the reservation

Food:

  • Snack run before comp - covered by team funds

  • Water, First Aid, Sunscreen - covered by team funds

  • Meals provided for by your own funds

Individual Packing list

  • indoor shoes ❗ (they won’t let you inside without)

    • can be slippers ig? ← You can also buy these along the way at any stop if you forget.

  • Waterbottle

  • wet weather gear

    • Umbrella/boots // wet shoes 😞

    • All reservations under Hamza Ali

    • May 3rd Hotel: Résidences Campus Notre-Dame-de-Foy, Quebec City

      • 5030, rue Clement-Lockquell, G3A 1B3

    • room arrangements:

      • Room 1: Dhruv, Ethan

      • Room 2: Conall, Anthony

      • Room 3: Nathan, Aidan

      • Room 4: Hamza, Xierumeng

      • Room 5: Megan, Ayoung

    • May 8th Hotel: Hotel L’express, Longueuil

    • room arrangements:

    Food:

    • Allowance of $20 for food daily, out of team funds

    Individual Packing list

    • Water bottle

    • Comp tshirt

    • Sunscreen / Long sleeves / Hats (even if it’s raining?)

    • Power Banks / Chargers

    • Masks (Anni can bring a box of x amount?)

    • Be wary of hotel combs?!?!??!?!?!? && Hotel thin walls?!

    • Toiletries

    Equipment + WARG Packing List

    Teams please add your requirements here. Packing happens late May 3rd or Early May 4th

    • Batteries (Safe bag/box?)

    • Battery charger

    • Laptop, charger (firmware)

    • Both controllers

    • Pixhawk + Cables

    • Dragonlink (as backup?)

    • Aircraft → How pack?

    • Spare Analog Video system? → lightbridge 2

    • Monitor idk

    • ?? box (which box?) (joe’s? zhou’s? joel’s?)

    Food

    Allergies

    • Avocado

    • Grass & Pollen

    Water

    • what do?

    • Is there potable water at comp?

      • or do we need many big water bottles?

    Food Stops (edit as you see fit)

    • May 4th: lunch in Sudbury (lots of Tim Hortons), dinner in Wawa (also Tim Hortons as well as other food places)

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    • May 5th: Ignace for lunch (Clooch’s Tavern), dinner in Winnipeg (lots of options)

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    Full, Detailed, no chill all gas itinerary

    May 3

    https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Engineering+7+(E7),+University+Avenue+West,+Waterloo,+ON/Service+des+congr%C3%A8s+et+h%C3%A9bergement+Campus+Notre-Dame-de-Foy,+5030+Rue+Cl%C3%A9ment+Lockquell,+Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures,+Quebec+G3A+1B3/@45.0628174,-78.5550533,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m18!4m17!1m5!1m1!1s0x882bf403ba0150eb:0xebbfa4342ecc7943!2m2!1d-80.5395239!2d43.4730414!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cb89a9197d82307:0xca2cef159a50d0f!2m2!1d-71.4006407!2d46.7384838!2m3!6e0!7e2!8j1683097200!3e0

    4thgooglg7soXd937GA2nmwm9Uwaterloo → Zero 100 Motor Inn(21 Peninsula Road, Marathon, Ontario) (807) 229-01000545Thursday May 5thpz5vGnUPcwth53hd6

    May 2

    Get Keys

    • Engineering Student Machine Shop,

    • 1st floor of E5 SDC.

    • Go before they close (2100 on weekdays? Just go early.)

    • Teams may have cars booked during the day…Say Shrinjay Booked, should not hassle you.

      • call shrin if issue.

    May 3rd

    May 2nd

    Meet Victoria

    ?!?!? MIA → walk into her office and check sometime

    Graeme

    • Find Graeme after attaching trailer.

    Wednesday May

    3rd

    Waterloo → Quebec City

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    0500

    Non-Drive team arrives at UW

    • Start packing, see packing list.

    • Anni’s camping out overnight in E7 so will be here too

    0530

    Drivers arrive at UW

    • Please, everything should be ready to be put into the vehicles by now.

    • Last minute vehicle checks?

    dir/Engineering+7+(E7),+University+Avenue+West,+Waterloo,+ON/Service+des+congr%C3%A8s+et+h%C3%A9bergement+Campus+Notre-Dame-de-Foy,+5030+Rue+Cl%C3%A9ment+Lockquell,+Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures,+Quebec+G3A+1B3/@45.0628174,-78.5550533,7z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m18!4m17!1m5!1m1!1s0x882bf403ba0150eb:0xebbfa4342ecc7943!2m2!1d-80.5395239!2d43.4730414!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cb89a9197d82307:0xca2cef159a50d0f!2m2!1d-71.4006407!2d46.7384838!2m3!6e0!7e2!8j1683097200!3e0

    0600

    Team members arrive @ UW

    • Vehicles should be packed - only personal items.

    0630

    Depart UWaterloo

    • Leave early to avoid as much rush hour as we can

    +1h 45

    ~ 0800

    Pass through Barrie, ON

    Esso at 7 Anne St N, Barrie, ON L4N 1B7

    • Take exit 96A

    Barrie OnRoute (probably more expensive but less downtime)

    • along highway, signs for OnRoute

    ? rng stop

    Random Gas Station

    Driverswap every 2 hours (side of the road is fine?).

    • gas at around 3 hour mark in sudbury.

    • Could be an early lunch as well.

    + 6h

    T + 8h
    ~ 1400

    Pass Sault St Marie

    • Not bad place to consider gas / lunch as well.

    • Would be a late lunch.

    ? rng stop

    Gas

    • Swap drivers at 2 hour mark.

    • look for gas if necessary (maybe wawa)

      • better safe than sorry, stopped time does not count.

    + 4h

    T + 12h
    ~1800

    Arrive at Zero 100 Motor Inn

    • try to get there early to maximize working time before sleeping

    • Remember to top up gas at night (in case)

    0830 ~

    Random Gas Station

    Driverswap

    Potential Stop Location - 1h54m

    3962 Highway 401 W, Unit 2, Newcastle, ON L1B 1C2

    Another nearby stop location - 1h55m

    ON-401 Eastbound Between Exit 448 and, #459, Campbellcroft, ON L0A 1B0

    1050 ~

    Random Gas Station

    Driverswap

    ~1h57m to this gas station (only convenience store)

    2054 Joyceville Rd, Kingston, ON K7L 4V3

    1310 ~

    Random Gas Station + Lunch

    Driverswap

    ~2h01m to this stop location

    ONroute Bainsville, 22064 N Service Rd, Bainsville, ON K0C 1E0

    1530 ~

    Random Gas Station

    Driverswap

    ~1h48m to this stop location

    161 Autoroute 40 Est Local 100, Maskinongé, Quebec J0K 1N0

    1645 ~

    Arrive to Hotel

    Thursday May 4th

    Quebec City → CED Alma → Dam En Terre

    without autotune stops: https://goo.gl/maps/bHqE89okuU4hFrcz9

    With autotune stops! : https://goo.gl/maps/C9xqSjQHpxLCWo1NA

    0715

    Meet hotel lobby - packed

    • sync on stops, trip itinerary

    0730

    Vehicles Loaded, Driving

    • will stop for breakfast

    T+20m
    ~0700

    McDonalds.

    Eat in.

    • 1154 Rue de la Faune, Québec, QC G3E 1T2

    • first stop for breakfast.

    T+40m

    Gas Station

    T+3h

    CED Alma

    • Competition venue, grab keys for hotel

    T+3h30m

    Walmart - one car only, after unloading

    Belle Riviere

    • Look for possible location to autotune drone

    Autotune #

    Marathon → Microtel Southport (5100 Crescent Road West, Southport, Manitoba)

    Note: Southport in diff timezone (1 hr behind)

    0600

    Depart Marathon

    • Leave early to arrive at microtel early.

    • Hotel should have breakfast? Not sure how early

    + 3h 15
    T + 3h

    ~ 0900

    Pass Thunder Bay

    • Gas

    • There’s a walmart if snacks//want to buy packed lunch/water

    + 3h 30
    T + 7h

    ~ 1300

    Pass Dryden Ontario

    • Gas ?

    • Lunch?

    +3h 45

    ~ 1700

    Pass through Winnipeg

    • ANYTHING YOU NEED / Dinner?

    T + 12h

    ~ 1800 et

    ~ 1700 local time

    Arrive at Microtel

    • could be later with many stops

    • Note that Waterloo is 1 hour ahead of Winnipeg/Southport.

    Friday May 6th

    Competition

    Saturday May 7th

    Competition

    Sunday May 8th

    Competition

    Monday May 9th

    Southport → ??

    0600

    Car 1 Depart Southport

    • part of my master plan to get everybody sleeping early so they can leave at 4am the next day

    • (Mostly so that we get to Hotel before 8pm so we have mandated 8 hours before driving again).

    0800

    Car 2 Depart Southport

    • This seems like a reasonable hour to leave?

    Before 1400

    Drop Jenny off at airport

    • You get to be in car 2 jenny have fun 😃

    Tuesday May 10th

    ?? → UWaterloo

    0400

    or earlier

    Car 1 departs

    • Leaving early so Anni can get back to pre-arranged move things to Toronto

    • Anni, Daniel, who else?

    0X00

    Car 2 departs

    • Feel free to leave whenever you want

    4pm

    		car 1 arrives

    Autotune #

    Autotune #

    Dam En Terre

    • Arrive at hotel.

    • unpack?

    Friday May 5th

    Competition

    0600

    Meet in lobby, fully packed

    • Briefing for the day

    • Drive 11 minutes

    https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Dam-en-Terre,+Alma,+QC/Unmanned+Aerial+System+Centre+of+Excellence,+570+Chem.+de+l%27A%C3%A9roport,+Alma,+Quebec+G8B+5V2/@48.5473942,-71.7016922,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cea7680be41c9b5:0x64a9b9dd06845f1a!2m2!1d-71.668412!2d48.586019!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc1d85068a53d6d:0x7283a5bf8ab7ec04!2m2!1d-71.6531116!2d48.5089977!3e0

    0630-0730

    Breakfast in hangar

    0730-0800

    Welcome + safety briefing

    • Pay attention

    • don’t fall asleep. or do anything stupid. the competition organizers are taking photos. they will present these at the end.

    0800-1100

    Presentations

    1100-1400

    Flight readiness review

    • 1200-1300 lunch occurs

    1500-1600

    Task 2

    • Teams submit Task 2 route by 16:00

    1630-1700

    Setup on airfield

    1700-1930

    Team practice flights

    2000-2100

    Welcome Reception

    • Pizza in the hangar

    • Sponsor Intro and Pitch

    Saturday May 6th

    Competition

    0600

    Meet in lobby, fully packed

    • no brief. just leave.

    https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Dam-en-Terre,+Alma,+QC/Unmanned+Aerial+System+Centre+of+Excellence,+570+Chem.+de+l%27A%C3%A9roport,+Alma,+Quebec+G8B+5V2/@48.5473942,-71.7016922,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cea7680be41c9b5:0x64a9b9dd06845f1a!2m2!1d-71.668412!2d48.586019!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc1d85068a53d6d:0x7283a5bf8ab7ec04!2m2!1d-71.6531116!2d48.5089977!3e0

    0615

    • arrive at comp venue

    • Brief / outlook for day

    0630-700

    Breakfast

    • hangar

    • outlook / task assignment for the day

    TBD - 2h

    Flight Brief

    TBD - 1h

    Flight Staging

    TBD

    Task one

    TBD+1h

    Flight DeBrief

    1200-1300

    Lunch

    • Lunch in the Hangar

    ????

    Hold for test flights w/Houston

    • to test autonomy stack.

    2000

    Venue closes

    ?????

    Hold for Dinner

    • can get dinner tgt with multiple teams.

    Sunday May 7th

    Competition

    0600

    Meet in Lobby

    https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Dam-en-Terre,+Alma,+QC/Unmanned+Aerial+System+Centre+of+Excellence,+570+Chem.+de+l%27A%C3%A9roport,+Alma,+Quebec+G8B+5V2/@48.5473942,-71.7016922,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cea7680be41c9b5:0x64a9b9dd06845f1a!2m2!1d-71.668412!2d48.586019!1m5!1m1!1s0x4cc1d85068a53d6d:0x7283a5bf8ab7ec04!2m2!1d-71.6531116!2d48.5089977!3e0

    0615

    • Arrive at comp venue

    • Brief / outlook / tasks for day

    0630-0700

    Breakfast

    • hangar

    1200-1300

    Lunch

    • lunch in the hangar

    TBD - 2h

    Flight Brief

    TBD - 1h

    Flight Staging

    TBD

    Task Two

    TBD + 1h

    Flight Debrief

    TBD + 2h

    Report Due

    Monday May 8th

    Alma → Montreal

    0600

    https://goo.gl/maps/BajgCYQAamYyuprA9

    Route including stops

    0615

    Breakfast

    McDonald’s or via grocery run previous night

    0800

    Drive to Quebec City → MTL

    • DETOUR AT YQB - 1200

    1530

    MTL hotel check in

    1800

    Team dinner

    • pogchampion poggers malding slay support diff 0fps dps support diff yippee

    Tuesday May 10th

    Montreal → Waterloo

    1200

    Leave Mtl

    • you get to sleep in. gg. be happy.

    T+1h30m

    ~1330

    Cornwall Gas Station

    1345

    Depart Gas Station

    T+3h30m

    ~1530

    Kingston Gas Station

    T+5h30m

    ~1730

    Newcastle On Route

    T+7h30

    ~1930

    Milton Gas/Mcd

    T+9h0m

    ~2100

    Arrive at UW

    • unpack