Task 1 Debrief

Debrief

What went well:

• More process and structure

• Less rushing, calmer relaxed place

  Hit target start time

  Used the checklist better

  Vanny is still intact and didn’t catch on fire

  Grabber could pick up/hold object

  Everyone knew what needed to be done and we did it (pre morning meeting)

  Light bridge video was good when it worked, could use more context from front facing camera

  Didn’t panic when things went work

  Grabber either needs to be really secure and not move at all or flexible and drop the package

  Everything stayed together, very mechanically durable - loctite !!

  Having extra space on the frame to mount random stuff and being able to move them wrohnd

What we could improve:

• Flight line communication, as soon as we lost transmitter we moved to runway which messed up whole system - need to be able to communicate effectively with everyone, radios!!

  Multiple receivers so more people can see video feed

  All competition communication should be sent to the entire team

  Switch flight controller into different mode (could be from batteries or gps/imu/interference)

  Should have done more flight practice : landing, video transmission

  Need a toll tower for receiving

  Open HD - video and camera system need to be validated

  Flight test way more, like every week/certain times a month-  decide dates and make people meet them don’t wait for everything to be done

  More organization in work area, people know where things are supposed to be and put them back there

  Better harnessing (especially vectornav)

  Battery connectors need ti not come undone, connector standardization

  Don’t hot glue cables

  Better battery mount

  Landing gear can improve impact resistance

  Checklist items of what to pack need to be owned by everyone

  Checklist need a clear order and be updated

  Spare cables

Action item:

• flight test in next 2 weeks for video validation