Mar 18, 2023 Flight Test
Make sure to update the Title following the format “Jan 01, 2020 Flight Test”
- 1 Flight Preparation
- 1.1 Required Persons During Test
- 1.2 Other Attendees
- 1.3 Drivers & Seat Arrangement
- 1.4 Success criteria
- 1.5 Testing Timeline
- 1.6 Aircraft Incident Procedures
- 1.7 Emergency Procedures:
- 1.8 Week-Before To-Do List
- 1.9 Day-Before To-Do List
- 1.10 Pre-Departure Checklist
- 1.11 Pre-flight Safety Checklist
- 1.12 Post-Flight Checklist
- 2 Flight Test Post Mortem
- 2.1 RCA for Red Items
- 2.2 Action Items
- 3 Other Resources
Flight Preparation
Requested by: | @Anthony Luo |
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Required Sub-teams | Mech Electrical EFS CV Operation Sys-Int |
Requested Date | Jan 25, 2023 |
Location and Time | WREST RC 12 - 6 pm |
Summary & Goals |
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Approved? | Yes / Pending / No |
Required Persons During Test
Name | Phone # | Role | Reason |
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@Dhruv Upadhyay |
| Flight Test Lead |
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@Anthony Luo |
| Pilot in Command |
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@Ayoung Eun |
| Safety |
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@Megan Spee |
| Secondary Pilot |
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@Aidan Bowers (Deactivated) |
| Data Collector, Data Analyzer of Cornflake(?) Coordinator of Houston |
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@Ethan Abraham |
| Houston lead |
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@Joseph Bagheri |
| Chase drone pilot, photographer |
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Other Attendees
Name (Tentative) | Role |
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Example: John Doe | Interested in being an observer! |
@Nolan Haines | Cornflakes electrical PM |
@Justin Joseph |
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@Sohee Yoon |
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@Aaditya Chaudhary | here for the vibes |
@Daniel Puratich | Absolute Legend |
@Neha Srivastava | I can be manual labor |
@Michael Botros |
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Drivers & Seat Arrangement
Driver | Vehicle Type | Passenger |
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@Anthony Luo | Personal car with Cornflakes | @Megan Spee |
@Justin Joseph | Personal car | @Daniel Puratich @Nolan Haines@Sohee Yoon |
@Aidan Bowers (Deactivated) | Personal car | @Ethan Abraham @Justin Joseph @Aaditya Chaudhary |
@Michael Botros | Personal car | @Neha Srivastava @Ayoung Eun @Dhruv Upadhyay |
Success criteria
Tests | Success Criteria | Requirements | Outcome |
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Fixed Wing Flight | Aircraft is able to fly in a fixed-wing configuration without issue | Cornflakes should be ready to fly, as outlined by all pre-flight checks |
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Quad-to-Fixed transition | Aircraft is able to successfully perform the transition from quad to fixed wing flight, and back. | Cornflakes should be ready to fly, as outlined by all pre-flight checks |
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Houston Setup Validation | Validate Houston has the correct setup after crashing from last flight test | Components on Houston are working and Houston is responsive to the control |
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FPV form Houston | Successfully receive the data and see the video transmitted from Houston | The camera, transmitter, and ground station need to be setup |
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Patch and Omni antenna performance and range testing on Houston | Get a sense of the antenna performance and transmition quality | Comparing the video quality between patch and omni antenna flying under the same path |
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Testing Timeline
Date/Time | Action |
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Mar 13, 2023 | Aircraft Assembly @Alison Thompson If aircraft assembly is complicated, outline dates of various milestones that should be met to ensure we don't rush to complete work at the last minute. |
Mar 17, 2023 | Pre-flight Preparation @Hardy Yu Feel free to not come at 9 if you don’t have a lot workload. During this time get snack if needed |
Mar 18, 2023 9:00 am | Required persons for preflight preparation show up at bay Flight test lead breifly assign task for preparation work |
Mar 18, 2023. 11:15 am | Flight brief from flight test lead |
Mar 18, 2023. 11:30 am | Loading onto the Car Take your water bottle with you. Go washroom before we leave! |
Mar 18, 2023. 11: 45 am | Drive to the test ground |
Mar 18, 2023. 12:00 - 3:00 pm | Flight Testing |
Mar 18, 2023. 3:30 pm | Debrief |
Test #1 | Quad Sanity Check
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Test #2 | Transition & Fixed Wing Flight (brief, 1 circle)
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Test #3 | Transition & Fixed Wing Flight second pilot
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Test #4 | Fixed wing “waypoint” navigation
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Test #5 | Quad Mode RTL
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Test #6 | Transition to fix wing then RTL
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Houston to do list: @Daniel Puratich |
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Aircraft Incident Procedures
Week-Before To-Do List
Day-Before To-Do List
Pre-Departure Checklist
Pre-flight Safety Checklist
Post-Flight Checklist
Item | Owner |
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ALL MEMBERS PRESENT | |
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Flight Test Post Mortem
RCA for Red Items
Create a RCA and keep it as a child page.
Create RCA for battery sag issue@Daniel Puratich
RCA for 1.3 GHz VTX Issue @Anthony Luo
Action Items
Other Resources
Booking WRESTRC Field