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Apr 30, 2023 Flight Test

Apr 30, 2023 Flight Test

Owned by Hardy Yu, created
Last updated: 2023-04-30 by Anthony Luo

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 Flight Preparation

Requested by:

Required Sub-teams

Mech
Electrical
EFS
CV
Operation
Sys-Int

Requested Date

Jan 25, 2023

Location and Time

WRESTRC From 12:00 pm to 6:00pm

Summary & Goals

Validate the ICRAUS Airframe;

Test Houston autonomy with QR Code integration

Approved?

Yes / Pending / No

 Required Persons During Test

Name

Phone #

Role

Reason

Name

Phone #

Role

Reason

 

 

Flight Test Lead

  • Creating documentation

  • Booking the test flight

  • Creating a thread in #flight-staging

 @Anthony Luo

 

 Pilot in Command

  • Aircraft preparation

  • Filling out documentation

 

 

Safety

  • Making sure everyone is safe

  • Bringing Med kit

@Megan Spee

 

Secondary Pilot

 

 Other Attendees

Name

Role

Name

Role

 

 

 

 

Drivers & Seat Arrangement

Driver

Vehicle Type

Passenger

Driver

Vehicle Type

Passenger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Success criteria

Tests

Success Criteria

Requirements

Outcome

Tests

Success Criteria

Requirements

Outcome

Quad mode take off

  • The drone is able to take off and obedient to the control

  • correct configuration

Video transfer system

  • we see the the first person view video from ground station and goggles

  • system set up

 

Push Propeller Test

  • the back propeller function correctly and help the drone move more quickly

  • motor test

 

Testing Timeline

Date/Time

Action

Date/Time

Action

Apr 28, 2023

Aircraft Assembly

Apr 28, 2023

Pre-flight Preparation

Apr 30, 2023 10:00 am

Required persons for preflight preparation show up at bay

Flight test lead breifly assign task for preparation work

Apr 30, 2023 11:30 am

Flight brief from flight test lead

Apr 30, 2023 11:45 am

Loading onto the Car

Take your water bottle with you. Go washroom before we leave!

Apr 30, 2023 12:00 pm

Drive to the test ground

Apr 30, 2023 12:30 pm

Flight Testing

Apr 30, 2023 4:00 pm

Debrief

Test#1

Quad Sanity Check

  • Purpose is the validate the software configuration and hardware setup

  • If anything goes wrong, then it needs to be fixed before the next flight test

Test#2

Quad with Push Propeller Aisstant

  • No fully fixed wings

  • instead we fly with in quad mode with push propeller on to assist our drone fly faster

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

Item

Owner

Use Flight-Post Mortem to Debrief

ALL MEMBERS PRESENT

Discard of damaged batteries

 

Discharge used batteries for better longevity

 

Flight Test Post Mortem

General list of events

  1. Saturday full throttle tests

  2. Saturday signal integrity checks

  3. Saturday camera equipment not working in 1401. worked in bay later.

  4. Sunday QStabilize WO @ e7

  5. Sunday QAltHold (QHover) WO

  6. Sunday QLoiter WO

  7. moved to innovation park ion station parking lot thing.

  8. qautotune w/wings.

  9. experienced rapid descent nearing completion of autotune D for roll.

    1. had a battery failsafe, aircrfat was configured to take no action.

    2. 3d prints only items broken

    3. rear-right dipped a bit.

 

  • Drone still flyable for comp.

    • no prop-strikes

    • No broken electronics

    • No broken hardware (except landing gear)

  • It Hovers

  • did not get destroyed on crash

  • Position hold is accurate

  • NO SI issues on control surfaces

  • GPS Blending worked

  •  

  • drone is very hard to control. basically a giant cow.

  • Arming checks were turned off

  • One NEOM8 can’t acquire fix.

  • LED Wires in a bag.

  • Pixhawk wires slightly loose.

  • Wing spar location shifted during transport.

    • plugs concentric, wings not. everything shifts a bit.

  •  

  • We did a rapid unplanned descent.

  • No dataflash logs (no SD cards)

  •  

RCA for Red Items

Create a RCA and keep it as a child page.

Action Items

Check rear right motor….. signal integrity
Rebuild landing gear + cabin.
Re-run autotune tomorrow.
Power module callibration (voltage/current).
Pre-arm configurations / checks.
printing spares of parts.
Run through checklists before next flights.

Other Resources

Future timeline:

Packing starts Tuesday → fully packed on vehicles Tuesday Eve.

Run Autotune before then, ideally.

Booking WRESTRC Field

https://uwarg-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FT/pages/2167439589