Nov 13, 2022 Flight Test
Flight test for <Nov 13. 2020>
Overview
Requested by: | @Anthony Luo / @Yuchen Lin / @Aidan Bowers (Deactivated) |
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Required Subteams | Firmware, CV, Mech |
Requested Date | Nov 13, 2022 |
Summary & Goals | < status of project, what your flight test involves > |
Approved? | Yes/No/Pending |
Required Persons During Test
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Success criteria
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Landing Pad Footage | We have footage of all the requirements from GoPro and PiCam |
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Telemetry | Data is sent and received from the aircraft |
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Video Transmission | Stable, low latency video is received from the aircraft that a pilot can use for flight |
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Check temperatures | It’s not too hot |
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Pre-Flight Test Checklist
Item | Owner | Function |
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Batteries Charged | @Anthony Luo |
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RC_Link Charged | @Anthony Luo |
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Phoenix | @Megan Spee |
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Judie | @Megan Spee |
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Props ready | @Megan Spee |
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RF Comms ready | @Andy Meng @Yuchen Lin |
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@Anthony Luo @Megan Spee |
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@Katherine Li |
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@Anthony Luo |
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Flight Plans
Location: field by the James Downey Wy and Laurelwood Dr intersection
Getting footage of 2 landing pads (One blue, one orange):
Put the landing pads 10m away from each other?? (not sure what the competition requirements are for how close they’ll be, hopefully that’s reasonable)
Place it in a grassy area on the field (not too close to the shrubs/trees)
Get footage of the drone flying over the landing pads at a constant-ish altitude
Until the landing pads would go out of sight in the footage
get footage at low, medium, high altitudes
Low
Get footage of the drone flying upwards (just like flying up) over the two landing pads
Get footage of the drone landing on the blue landing pad
Get footage of one blue landing pad placed 2m, 5m, 10m away from shrub(s) or tree(s) (if you could get footage with different clusters of shrubs/trees, that would be great)
Fly around the landing pad and upwards/downwards to get footage of landing pad + the “obstacles” at different altitudes
Flight Test Debrief
Flew successfully.
have ~ some ~ gopro footage.
RFD900 tested?
Briefing started at 11, last car returned at 14:45.
Footage may be corrupt?
Lost a picam.
FPV system did not work
Big Phoenix has some weird flight characteristics
Inventory Recap
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10x4.5 green propeller | 2 | 1 chipped on phoenix, 1 fully snapped on Judie. Judie flew with 1 prop already chipped slightly
look into getting more props? |
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Judie wing | 1 | Aileron very loose on both sides, mounting plate slightly snapped |
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Judie nose cone | 1 | fully smashed | ~ gone ~ |
Phoenix legs | 3 | broke on impact
printing more | |
Phoenix arms | 4 | all 4 bent downwards
wil try bending back |
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Tube drone elevator | 1 | detached from horizontal stabilizer
fix with tape |
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Tube drone aileron | 1 | broken close to fuselage |
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Minipix 2-12S PDB | 1 | Smoked while flying on 5s big phoenix. |
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PiCam | 1 | Camera came off of the picam module while landing. |
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xt60-xt90 adapter | 1 | Solder on joint ripped apart on crash |
Flight Recaps
Judie & Landing pad footage
FPV did not work
< phoenix flight characteristics >
RFD 900 Comms
documentation soon
Phoenix Debug
phoenix unstable flight?
Operations Debrief
Weather Protection
a lot of stuff got wet!
Preparation
need more of that
Many things forgotten
Flightline Debrief
Safety / S.O.P / Emergency Procedures
safety procedures need to be followed.
we will update and revise our SOP → every member should read this.
Pilots should brief each other on terminology & controls before flying.
people not flying should follow instructions of pilots.
Flight Line Roles
Everyone should know what their task is to reduce the amount of “standing around”.
Being a “helping hand” is ok.
General Thoughts
modularity of nosecone - body is very nice .
pls stop cut hand open → conall
pretty damn cold - taim
cold - ayoung
Dealing with the cold
proper footwear (boots?)
try and have as much stuff put together as possible?
warming up in car?
Towels