Pre-Trip Checklist

These things should be performed the day before a flight for the hexacopter

Charging:

• Charge all 4 6-Cell LiPo batteries
• Charge all of the RC Radios
• Charge all the GoPro batteries
• Charge the Taranis

Mechanical:

• Verify landing gear operational
• Verify all motors are level
• Verify battery mount is properly attached
• Secure all electronics, sensors and antennas
• Verify and bring attachments
  • Gopro gimbal
  • Sony gimbal
  • Egg grabber
  • Egg dropper
• Ensure all propellers and propeller hardware is ready

Electrical:

• Ensure PDB functional
• Check ESC connection to motor, PWM, and PDB
• Connect GPS to Pixhawk
• Connect power to Pixhawk
• connect PPM from reciever to Pixhawk

Firmware

• Verify all sensors are calibrated
• Verify failsafes
• Verify arming sequence
• Verify ESCs are callibrated
  • All motors should turn on at the same time and be at the same speed
  • Motors should turn the correct direction 
• Verify GPS fix
• Verify Compass
• Verify Radio link
• Verify motor response
  • Move sticks on the Taranis and ensure motors react properly
  • Verify tilting the airframe causes correct motors to spin up
• Verify switch mapping
  • Killswitch
  • Landing Gear
  • Egg dropper/grabber
  • Manual/autonomous

Tuning

• Tune roll
• Tune pitch
• Tune from hover
• Take off w/ tether

Video

• Range check
• Video Switch Check

Miscellaneous

• Verify and communicate flight plan
• Verify vehicle access (Rav or other)
• Print the Preflight and Flight Test checklists
• Print/Bring SFOC and emergency plans