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📋 Admin Preparation

Requested By

Yuchen Lin Evan Janakievski Maxwell Lou Manasva Katyal

Goal Summary

test autonomy system, the detect target for IR beacons
perform first flight of foam plane for fixed wing pilot training

Status?

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

Desired Airframe

Houston & Foam Plane

Date(s)

Feb 2nd, 2025

🥅 Test plan

Flight Card 1

Detect target IR test

Pilot: Yuchen Lin

GSO: Yuchen Lin

What is being tested?

  •  Detect target IR validation test and accuracy test

Hardware to be installed, items to bring, batteries, etc (change status to success when installed or plan for installing at flight test is done)

  • Houston Drone

  • 6x 3s batteries

  • IR camera (picamera) with IR bandpass filter

  • 2x IR Beacon

  • Measuring tape

CLUSTER ESTIMATION TEST PROCEDURE (HOUSTON)

Procedure

Goals / Objectives

Knockoff criteria

  1. Setup

Get the script to run (either manually or auto start on bootup)

Script is not running

  1. Place and measure distance from drone power-on location to IR beacons

Know true value of the IR beacon location and home location. Use phone GPS to determine IR beacon locations as a backup.

 

  1. Hover above the IR beacons and fly a few passes at 5, 10, 15m altitude. (we are not doing 20m or above, the accuracy seems too low from previous flight tests)

 

 

 Flight Card 2

Foam Plane Pilot Training

Pilot: Manasva Katyal Jerry Tian

What is being tested?

  •  First flight of foam plane built over last couple of weeks

  • Purpose is for fixed wing pilot training

Hardware to be installed, items to bring, batteries, etc (change status to success when installed or plan for installing at flight test is done)

  • Foam Plane

  • 2x 3s batteries

Necessary Preparation

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

Necessary items:

  • Houston Drone

  • Foam Plane

  • 8x 3s batteries

  • IR camera (picamera) with IR bandpass filter

  • 2x IR Beacon

  • Measuring tape

Flight characteristics needed:

  • Flight speed

  • GPS

Comms / Support needed:

  • Autonomous/repeatable missions

🫂 Mandatory 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

Yuchen Lin

6474256385

Flight Test

  • coordination

Manasva Katyal

2896985018

Flight Test

  • foam plane card coordination & piloting

Flightline Team

Name

Phone #

Role

Reason

Yuchen Lin

 

 

 

Manasva Katyal

Pre-Flight Checklists

 Week-Before checklist

  • Software configuration correct

  • UAV ground testing

  • ground acceptance review system under test

 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

    • controller box

      • two controller

      • battery tester

  • Debrief

  • clean / store equipment if necessary

⏲️ Flight Test Timeline

Date/Time

Action

Notes

10:00 am

Briefing

💻 DEBRIEF

Flight test debrief report

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