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Remember to update the name of your flight test to be <UNDATED> Team [Drone]: Testpoint

EG, a full flight test request would have the name <UNDATED> EFS [Houston]: Data Collection

Sections for requesting team to fill out:

  • Admin preparation

  • Test Cards / Test Plan

  • Mandatory Attendees

Sections for flight test coordinator to fill out:

  • Flightline team

  • Location

  • Status

  • Drone

Sections for flightline team to fill out:

đź“‹ Admin Preparation

Your status should read “submitted” when you submit the FTR to our Flight Test Coordinator.

Once the coordinator approves, and a date/location/drone has been assigned, the status will change to “waiting for sub team review”. Once all sub-teams have reviewed and signed off, the status will change to “approved”

Requested By

< your name here >

Sub-Team Review

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

  • Mechanical
  • Electrical
  • EFS
  • Autonomy
  • Operations

Date of Request

Goal Summary

< Insert your goals here >

Status?

DRAFT / SUBMITTED / WAITING FOR SUB-TEAM REVIEW / APPROVED

Desired Airframe

Houston / Pegasus / Tubie

Desired Date(s)

Approx Date range for help out with FTC Scheduling

🥅 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: Template flight test series

Test #1: Landing pad images over asphalt

Procedure

Goals / Objectives

Knockoff criteria

  1. Hover altitude <x>

  • Obtain images of <x>

  • Verify colour calibration

  • < anything else you’re evaluating >

< list of reasons why you would want to stop the test >

  1. Translation motion:

Move N->E @ 45m/s groundspeed with landing pad in center 5% of frame

  • blablabla

< etc >

Test #2: Landing pad images over asphalt

Procedure

Goals / Objectives

Knockoff criteria

  1. Hover altitude <x>

  • Obtain images of <x>

  • Verify colour calibration

  • < anything else you’re evaluating >

< list of reasons why you would want to stop the test >

  1. Translation motion:

Move N->E @ 45m/s groundspeed with landing pad in center 5% of frame

  • blablabla

< etc >

 Additional template expands

Test #1: Landing pad images over asphalt

Procedure

Goals / Objectives

Knockoff criteria

  1. Hover altitude <x>

  • Obtain images of <x>

  • Verify colour calibration

  • < anything else you’re evaluating >

< list of reasons why you would want to stop the test >

  1. Translation motion:

Move N->E @ 45m/s groundspeed with landing pad in center 5% of frame

  • blablabla

< etc >

Necessary Preparation

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

Necessary items:

  • Jetson

  • CV camera

  • < rfd900 >

  • etc

Flight characteristics needed:

  • Flight speed

  • flight distance

  • max altitude

  • < etc >

Comms / Support needed:

  • Autonomous/repeatable missions

  • ability to hold location within +/- X meters

  • FPV Video from the drone?

  • etc….

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