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Requesting team: Leads/Directors/Comp 24 team

Items TBD:

  • Test Procedures/Test Cards

Sections for flightline team to fill out:

  • Incident Procedures, communication preferences.

  • Test Cards

đź“‹ Admin Preparation

Flight test approved

Requested By

Megan Spee

Sub-Team Review

(To be checked once reviewed by sub-team representative)

  • Mechanical
  • Electrical
  • EFS
  • Autonomy
  • Operations

Date of Request

Goal Summary

Test full pegasus system

Test groundside tracking antenna software

Status?

Desired Airframe

Pegasus, Houston

Desired Date(s)

April 6

🥅 Testplan - to be filled out by requesting team

Create ONE table per test-item. Eg: “Landing pad images over asphalt”, “landing pad images over grass”, “landing pad images over grass, high” should all be unique tables.

Use each expand to capture one series of tests, eg “Landing pad detection” or “Auto-tuning”.

 Card 1: Comp Sim of task 1

Test 1 - Controls Checks

Procedure

Goals / Objectives

Knockoff criteria

Test 3 - Full Speed Testing

Procedure

Goals / Objectives

Knockoff criteria

 Card #2: Comp Sim of Task 2

Whoopity Doopity

Procedure

Goals / Objectives

knock-off criteria

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

Necessary items:

  • Pegasus

  • Houston

Flight characteristics needed:

Comms / Support needed:

đź«‚ 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)

Name

Phone #

Sub-team

Role

Megan Spee

Media collection/ org / driver

Smile Khatri

Hardware

Yuchen Lin

flightline team

Nathan Green

flightline team / Driver

Tong Zhang

auto

Balaji Leninrajan

auto-airside

Georgia Vachon Westerlund (question)

Media

This section and remaining to be filled out by FTC and Flightline Team

Flightline Team

Name

Phone #

Role

Reason

Yuchen Lin

PIC

Practicing for Comp

Nathan Green

GSO

Pre-Flight Preparation

Checklists

 Week-Before checklist

Software configuration correct

  • Compare against latest baselines and verify no params changed, or changes approved by comp-ft-team

  • Autopilot Orientation checked

  • Motors tested

  • Sensors outputs healthy & within range

  • Controller input mappings correct

  • Controller input choices correct for pilot preferences

  • Wireless trainer tested & working per pilot preferences.

Hardware (wiring)

  • Wires are not too tight or too loose (comfortable, not strained, not flapping around)

    • No cut/exposed wires

    • Shrouding is neat + presentable

    • Solder joints look good

      • no cracks

      • no corrossion

      • no exposed contacts (unless expected)

    • Connectors fully plugged in

    • Connectors in good health

Hardware (airframe)

  • Bolts secure (nothing loose)

    • Carbon fiber not cracked

    • 3D prints not failing / crushed / cracked

    • No loose items

Hardware (groundstation)

  • ELRS Gemini tested & Working

    • Logging correct

    • Data looks correct

    • Control tower tested & working

  • Tracking antenna x2 (control + video) (mechanical)

    • Servos secure

    • Hardware (antennas) secure

    • No cracks/bends/chips in polycarb/aluminum

    • Gears / shafts look healthy

    • Grease if necessary

  • Tracking antenna x2 (control + video) (electrical)

    • Electrical components secure

    • Power delivery / signal wires secure, no cracks/corrosion/damage

  • Video System

    • goggles(?)

    • Monitors(?)

    • Video tower tested & working

  • Laptop w/mission planner configured correctly.

    • LTE Link tested working

Flightline Kit

  • Spare motors

  • Spare props

  • Spare tools

    • Metric allen keys

    • Socket set (question)

    • Pliers (flatnose + needle nose)

  • USB-C cable (short & long)

  • Soldering iron + heat shrink + spare cables

  • Power supplies for ground station computer

  • Ground station computer

  • Spare bolts

  • Radio Controllers

 Day-before checklist

  • Mission plan clear

  • flightline roles assigned

  • Communication hierarchy established

  • Incident procedures & roles in-place & briefed to all flightline team members

  • Timeline for day-of clear

  • Battery charging plan, equipment management plan clear.

  • Transportation clear

 Day-of checklist

  • Batteries in safety bag

  • Equipment

    • Zip tie

    • duck tape

    • label maker

    • Type c cable

    • ELRS/gemini

    • charged WARG laptop

    • spare bag for small electronics

    • controller box

      • two controller

      • battery tester

    • VTX box

  • execute

  • Debrief

  • clean / store equipment if necessary

Incident Procedures

⏲️ Flight Test Timeline

Date/Time

Action

Notes

 

 

 

 

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