Online group Conops Notes

form factor / modularity

1 v 2 drones

I dont think its a good idea to make 2 different drones, build wise, electrical wise, fw wise, it doubles our work for very little benefit in my opinion

Flight control

zero pilot. Unless ZP fails to meet requirements, I don't see a point in using an off the shelf controller when we're already developing ZP and LOS.

Power

Swap out batteries in a way such that the flight controllers and connectivity devices dont lose power and reboot.

high speed

I think a hybrid VTOL fixed wing will meet our requirments if we can get it working. It means higher speeds than a multirotor, and being able to VTOL will help with the landing pads

pathfinding

VN300 has GPS and IMU, and the next iteration of ZP has backup ports for GPS and IMU if that fails (IIRC). LOS should have our old drivers for that as well (I think)

Autonomous Landing

I think if we have a VTOL, we can have a camera mounted on the bottom that can use the jetson and atleast decide whether to land based on the color, and then get us right on top of the pad. I think its a reasonable goal.

Managing weight

Aircraft footprint

passengers

6 boxes holding the dolls. Well get less points for realism, but there are points for secure housing and holding 6 passengers.
I think its worth it lose points on realism to ensure that we can store all 6 dolls securely and be able to quickly remove them. If we are able to realistically store 6 passengers thats great. Im concerned that having a door will make it harder to load and unload dolls.

Accurate flight

VN300 + camera
ground station should have a map with the flight path on it and the drones position constantly updated.

Sensors

Connectivity