PID Tuning Rig Requirements

Success metrics

Goal	Metric

Goal

Metric

Safety

Protects People, prevents drone linear movement

Minimum angular resistance

Minimize friction/moment of inertia to tune PIDs as closely to flight as possible.

Fastens to both the pitch and roll axes of the drone as close to the Center of Gravity as possible.

Connects securely to the drone in 2 alignments 90 degrees apart

Approximately rotating around the C.o.G

Requirements / Constraints	Context	Priority	Owner	Notes

Requirements / Constraints	Context	Priority	Owner	Notes
Drone will have only 1 rotational D.o.F	Only Pitch OR Roll will be tuned at once.	HIGH MEDIUM	@Conall Kingshott
Drone will be secured so that it cannot move linearly.	Don’t want drone flying away	HIGH MEDIUMLOW	@Conall Kingshott
Heavy enough (or can be secured) such that multiple sizes of drone can be secured operating at full throttle	Don’t want drone flying away	HIGH	@Conall Kingshott	The initial revision will only be compatible with Phoenix as a proof of concept before scaling up for other drones.
Safe way to inject a force on a set of props	Point of tuning is to test stability of drone when subject to external forces	MEDIUM

Question	Answer	Date Answered

Question	Answer	Date Answered
Where will this be used?	the bay outside basements of members houses?	Sep 21, 2022
How will the drone be controlled from a safe distance?	long cables with quick power disconnect near the user RC-controller or zp w/ kill button	Sep 21, 2022
What barriers are between the props and any humans?	theoretically, prop guards + blast shield style screen	Sep 21, 2022
Will we be doing one rig per drone or one rig per all drones	For the first revision at least, there will be one rig exclusively for Phoenix A more universal setup will be investigated after the initial design is tested	Sep 27, 2022
manufacturing cost limit?	Target is <$30 (As set by Conall)	Sep 27, 2022