📋 Admin Preparation
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Goal Summary | test autonomy system, detect target for IR beacons |
Status? | DRAFT / SUBMITTED / WAITING FOR SUB-TEAM REVIEW / APPROVED |
Desired Airframe | Houston |
Date(s) | Feb 15th, 2025 |
Flight Test Sign Up
🥅 Test plan
Flight Card 1
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
4x 3s batteries
IR camera (picamera) with IR bandpass filter
2x IR Beacon
Measuring tape
CLUSTER ESTIMATION TEST PROCEDURE (HOUSTON) | ||
Procedure | Goals / Objectives | Knockoff criteria |
| Get the script to run (either manually or auto start on bootup) | Script is not running |
| Know true value of the IR beacon location and home location. Use phone GPS to determine IR beacon locations as a backup. |
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Flight Card 2
What is being tested?
Running first PID autotune for the EFS Tuning airframe
Hardware to be installed, items to bring, batteries, etc (change status to success when installed or plan for installing at flight test is done)
Tuning airframe
2x 3s batteries
FLIGHT CARD 2 PROCEDURE | ||
Procedure | Goals / Objectives | Knockoff criteria |
| Ensure proper telem link to GCS and ability to arm/disarm the drone. Save current parameter list to a backup file in case pilot wishes to restore these PID gains. | Unable to arm/disarm the drone. |
| Test initial PID tune of drone outside in Stabilize mode. | Drone too unstable (unable to takeoff or too high oscillation). |
| Test initial PID tune of drone in AltHold to ensure it is able to hold an altitude. | Drone too unstable (unable to takeoff or too high oscillation). |
| Test initial PID tune of drone outside in Loiter mode. | Drone too unstable (unable to takeoff or too high oscillation). |
| Takeoff in Stabilize to ~2 meters high. Engage AltHold mode. When confident in drone stability, engage Autotune mode. Use the roll and pitch stick at any time to reposition the copter if it drifts away. Once tune complete, land, ensuring THIS IS DONE IN AUTOTUNE MODE (or your PID tune will be lost). Disarm the drone. | Drone too unstable and cannot manually reposition in a manner that is deemed safe by the pilot. Excessive oscillations from the controlled twitches is observed during Autotune (as per pilot discretion). |
| Pilot will takeoff in Stabilize and evaluate the tune of the aircraft. If satisfied, end there. If not, try increasing the ATC_INPUT_TC parameter to 0.25. This smooths out the pilot’s input. Alternatively try reducing the AUTOTUNE_AGGR parameter (it should always be in the range 0.05 to 0.10) and try again by going back to step 4. | If drone is highly unstable and unable to takeoff, simply reset PID gains from the backup parameter file and retry the tune. |
Necessary Preparation
Explain what capacity you need, what needs to be mounted, etc.
Necessary items:
Huston
Tuning Airframe
6x 3s batteries
IR camera (picamera) with IR bandpass filter
2x IR Beacon
Measuring tape
🫂 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 |
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Yuchen Lin | 6474256385 | Flight Test |
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Manasva Katyal | 2896985018 | Flight Test |
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Flightline Team
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Pre-Flight Checklists
⏲️ Flight Test Timeline
Date/Time | Action | Notes |
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10:00 am | Briefing | |
11:00 am | Planned Departure | |