2023-10-21 Flight Tests

Owned by Daniel Puratich
Last updated: 2023-11-26
10 min read

Introduction

  • Houston Pilot Training 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

  • Houston Autonomy Camera Payload Flight

    • Flight test $200 CV Camera Payload and confirm images look as expected

  • Tubie Pilot Trainning

    • Flying on EFS M1 code again, with a new airframe

    • @Aidan Bowers (Deactivated)

Flight Test was requested on October 15th as a part of AEAC runup plan by @Daniel Puratich .

  • Approval from team

  • Week before checklist

  • Morning of checklist

  • Gather at the bay

  • pre-departure checklist

  • Pre flight briefing

  • Flight Test

  • debrief

Resources

List contains all possible human resources available for flight test support! Please add yourself to this if you want to go to the flight test and follow the format!

  • @Daniel Puratich

    • Role (what you will do at the flight test):

      • Flight Test Lead

      • Flight Test Director

      • Safety

      • Documentation Director

      • Electrical

    • Justification (why you’re qualified)

      • TC Basic

      • US HAM

      • Exec Director

      • Flight test Requestor

    • Availability (times on this date you can be at flight test)

      • All day

  • @Amy Hu

    • Role

      • Autonomy representative

    • Justification

      • Autonomy Lead

    • Availability:

      • All day

  • @Aidan Bowers (Deactivated)

    • Role:

      • Dualie Pilot

    • Justification:

      • pilot

      • tc basic

    • availability

      • morning until 11:30am.

  • @Neel Patel

    • Role

      • Electrical representative

    • Justification

      • Electrical member

    • Availability

      • All day

  • @Georgia Vachon Westerlund

    • Role

      • Photographer

  • @Nathan Green

    • Role

      • Pilot

      • Mechanical

      • Telemetry testing

    • Justification

      • basic certificate

      • mechancial lead

  • Conall and Alison will not be present (and will not have their vehicle).

  • Neel’s Car (6 passenger seats)

WRESTRC Booked, see Calendar , for Pegasus flight .

Worst case we do 43°28'23.4"N 80°34'01.8"W as subject to weather constraints regarding timeline for Pegasus.

Logistic

Procedure

 

Debrief