2025-04-11 Dallas & Peggy 1 RTF and Tuning

@Manasva Katyal

@Evan Janakievski

All flights:

Pilot: @Manasva Katyal

GSO: @Evan Janakievski

Configured params and wiring before leaving

Dallas

Flight #1:

• Took off and checked airframe in Stabilize, AltHold, and Loiter

• Vibe issues were apparent, in all axes but X was the most significant

• Deemed flyable, proceeded to tuning.

Flight #2:

• Autotune for Roll axis

• Completed normally

Flight #3:

• Autotune for Pitch axis

• Completed normally

Flight #4:

• Autotune for Yaw axis

• Not completed, stopped proceeding in progress and battery was coming close to failsafe

• Decision was made to land, and proceed with proof of flight as the tune was good enough

Note: Proof of flight filming begins here.

Flight #5:

• Takeoff

• Hover

• Flyby

• Circle

• Approach and Landing

Note: battery was low so switched for VLOS portion

Flight #6:

• Takeoff

• Limits of VLOS

• Circle

• Approach and Landing

Pegasus

Flight #1:

• Took off and checked airframe in Stabilize, AltHold, and Loiter

• Deemed flyable, proceeded to tuning.

  • Honestly even at this point the baseline tune calculated was really good, only minor oscillations present for aggressive maneuvers.

Flight #2:

• Autotune for Roll axis

• Completed normally

Flight #3:

• Autotune for Pitch axis

• Completed normally

  • Note: In the middle some old guy pulled up in his car with his wife. He asked about what we were doing and just seemed interested. He then asked if @Manasva Katyal could show his wife the controller which was not possible as we were using it for telemetry. Lowkey just a funny moment .

Flight #4:

• Autotune for Yaw axis

• Completed normally

Note: Proof of flight filming begins here.

Flight #5:

• Takeoff

• Hover

• Flyby

• Circle

• Approach and Landing

Note: battery was low so switched for VLOS portion.

Flight #6:

• Takeoff

• Limits of VLOS

• Circle

• Approach and Landing