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Name | Phone # | Role | Reason |
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Pilot; | /PIC Houston | ||
GSO | GSO Houston | ||
Pilot | PIC Pegasus | ||
GSO | GSO Pegasus -primary | ||
GSO | GSO Pegasus -secondary |
Pre-Flight Preparation
Checklists
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The deadzone for takeoff + landing throttle on Pegasus is also significantly larger (read: harsher landing + takeoff) compared to Vanny or Icarus.
Pegasus typically hovers around ~ 2800 rpm
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Autotune
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FlowCAL + GPS/non-gps transition
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Houston took multiple attempts to navigate around the obstacle.
Possible to see proximity sensors pinging off the obstacle and reporting closer values as houston navigates around?
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Final battery dropped to around ~ <8v during the RTL sequence, .
The drone did enter RTL and then LAND, at 9.51 and 7.44V respectively……
Likely due to failsafe impedance/2seconds of being below critical values?
battery dropped from 10v to < 8v within ~ 2 seconds - too fast to react to.
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ExpressLRS
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TPwr remained at 10 mW basically the entire flight, maybe 25mW sometimes.
RSSI quite healthy.
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Next-Steps
Update & clarify transmitter mappings, common channels, etc. for all drones.
arm/disarm sequences, mode channels, aux functions, telemetry logging, etc.
Test gemini, tracking-antenna
Remember to note down takeoff & landing times of all drones (at least total FT)
Remember to have videos of drones during FT’s.
Evaluate Pegasus tune.
Evaluate operation under GPS failures.
Come up with plan to optimize obstacle detection
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