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• Weather, It was windy, cold kinda snowy, and got dark quickly.

  • Weather concerns caused delays in arrival

• Pi Camera did not function

• Grabber did not function

Notes

Retrospective

Andy:

• would prefer to have a laptop running mission planner next time (was able to get telemetry to phone but the app doesn't display all data)

• drone was surprisingly stable given the winds. gusts were hard to correct for and tbh my throttle control was not the best but it wasn't a huge deal. was in control at all times and was able to get it to go where I wanted it to go

• if we are flying line of sight, orientation markings on the drone would be nice

• other pilots to sub out would be nice as well

• should write up a pre-flight checklist

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• More intra-subteam communication/documentation on how camera is supposed to be mounted.

• More inter-subteam communication on mounting CV equipment for test flight (and competition).

• Earlier testing of Raspberry Pi camera recording.

• Possibly earlier testing of OpenHD (discovered that the Raspberry Pis do not currently transmit video when powered with the pins, need to investigate). - GoPro fallback "worked".

Kayla:

• Landing gear seemed surprisingly steady- feet seem like a good addition and this design would definitly work for competition. Legs wobble a bit but nothing that seems like they would fall off.

• Grabber did not work

  • Needs to be discussed with Frame and Electrical to figure out servo distances and power required

  • Flew steady enough that tilting/hovering with object should be ok- probably still better to land to drop pobject but we should test this

  • Need another test flight to determie what the maximum payload we can carry is- hopefully 2kg is safe

• Gimbal not mounted

  • Need to work with frame/grabber to figure out where the best place to mount is

  • Probably need to test again to collect adequate data

• More permanent orientation markers (instead of the temporary pink duct tape) to tel lwhich way is front would be ideal

  • Different color feet of landing gear?

  • Reflective Tape?

  • Reflective Tape on Landing Gear feet?

Tasks Before Next Test

• Develop fre-flight checklist & test plan

  • Week before, day before, hour before, minute before?

• Identify/License other pilots

• Develop techincal information around aircraft (wind limits, current draw, battery voltages, etc.) & place in a central location

• Identify future flight goals early, and communicate them early so that all teams have deadlines to get all of their systems ready for the next test

  • One of these goals is to create a proof of flight video for the competition organizers. (what are the requirements, etc.)

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