2023-10-14: Pegasus Hover, ZP3.5 M1, & Pilot Trainning

• Houston Flight:

  • Provide new pilot @Hardy Yu with flight training time.

  • Houston for pilot training in stabilize mode

• Pegasus Hover Test:

  • Ensure Pegasus flies without oscillations in stabilize, altitude hold, and position hold flight modes.

  • Pegasus successfully hover and under the control from pilot

• Tubie Flight:

  • Verify ZP3.5 software is functional for fixed wing flight

  • Tubie form aircraft installed with ZP3.5 firmware is able to fly

Flight Test was requested on October 10th as a part of AEAC runup plan by @Daniel Puratich .

This timeline is Heavily Weather Dependent and consequently dates and times will not be explicitly specified, merely the order of events. @Hardy Yu and @Daniel Puratich leading schedule coordination.

• Week before checklist

• Morning of checklist

• Gather at the bay

• pre-departure checklist

• Pre flight briefing

• Drive to location

• Pre-flight Houston

• Houston Training Flight

• Pre-flight Pegasus

• Pegasus Flight

• Pre-flight Tubie

• Tubie flight

• debrief

List contains all possible human resources available for flight test support!

• @Daniel Puratich

  • Role:

    • Flight Test Lead

    • Flight Test Director

    • Safety

    • Tubie Pilot

    • Documentation Director

    • Electrical

  • Justification

    • TC Basic

    • US HAM

    • Exec Director

    • Flight test Requestor

• @Nathan Green

  • Role

    • Pegasus Pilot

    • Houston Pilot

    • Driver

  • Justification:

    • TC Basic

    • Flight Experience

    • SDC approved driver

• @Aaditya Chaudhary

  • Role

    • Tubie Pilot

  • Justification:

    • TC Basic

    • ZP3.5 / EFS Lead

• @Hardy Yu

  • Role:

    • Flight Test Coordinator

    • Houston Pilot

  • Justification:

    • TC Basic

    • Coordination Experience

• @Aidan Bowers (Deactivated)

  • Role:

    • Tubie Pilot

      Pegasus Pilot

  • Justification:

    • TC Basic

    • Flight Experience

• @Yuchen Lin

  • Role:

    • Telemetry Manager (RFD900)

  • Justification:

    • Experience with RFD900 configuration and setup

    • ZP3.5 software developer

• @Conall Kingshott

  • Role:

    • Driver

    • Mechanical Manager

  • Justification:

    • Drivers license

    • Mech Lead

• @Alison Thompson

  • Role:

    • Mechanical Member

  • Justification:

    • Experienced Mech Member

• @Georgia Vachon Westerlund

  • Role:

    • Photographer

  • Justifications:

    • Photography Experience

    • Ops + Media Lead

• @Ayoung Eun

  • Role:

    • Tubie Manager (Nucleo/Software)

  • Justification:

    • EFS lead

    • ZP3.5 software developer

• @Nathan Green Personal Vehicle (1 driver + 4 passengers + aircraft room)

  • @Daniel Puratich

  • @Georgia Vachon Westerlund

  • @Ayoung Eun

  • SDC Rev 4 will not be available

• @Conall Kingshott Personal Vehicle (1 driver + 3 passengers + carrying room)

  • @Hardy Yu

  • @Alison Thompson

We do not have our usual WRESTRC booked. @Hardy Yu decided upon 43°28'23.4"N 80°34'01.8"W and approved following discussion in Discord!