Outdated: Pre-Flight Checklist

0. Collect Materials

1.Setup Groundstation (before radios on)

• Git pull from all computers

  • Tracking Antenna

  • PicPilot

  • Ground Station

  • Data Relay

  • CV

• Flash picpilot and tracking antenna

• Setup power cords to power data relay, CV, and ground stationsme

• Data-relay

  • screen command

  • python data-relay.py -l

  • Confirm ethernet connection to network switch

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• Tracking Antenna

  • Ensure battery connected(4-6 cells acceptable, but 5 cells ideal)

  • Verify Servos properly connected to gears

  • Turn on arduino and servos without antennas on to 0 servos

  • Put on antenna, tighten hex bolts on shaft

  • Verify GPS coordinates and rotation angle

  • Ethernet connected (check IP)

  • Connect Xbee using mini USB and USB extension

  • Connect DJI using HDMI to CV

• Ground Station connected via ethernet

  • Confirm connection from data relay

• Computer Vision connected

• Mission Planner setup (quad)

2. Build Plane (before radios on)

• Battery check (level)

• Wings

• Tail

• Tightened hex screws?

• Check PWM connection

• Gimbal

3. Channel Configuration

• Channel configuration check

• PWM cable friction check

4. Components in Plane (radio off)

• Gimbal Control Board

  • check gopro battery levels
  • check sd card
  • verify gimbal is installed
  • verify light bridge is inside
  • insert fisheye gopro closer to hdmi
  • insert normal gopro
  • make sure fisheye gopro is connected to light bridge

• IMU

  • mounted securely

  • connected to attitude

• Xbee

• PWM cables for wings

• 2x 4 cell batteries

  • Connect in Y
  • Connect to ESC

• 3 cell battery

  • Connect to power distrubution board
  • Do not turn on yet
• Electronics plate

• PicPilot

• GPS

  • Check connection

• Altimeter

• Airspeed Sensor/pitot tube

• 8 channel receiver (LEDs ON?)

5. Double Check connections (Radio on)

• Turn on 3 cell battery

• Pic Pilot I/O Connections to 8 Channel Receiver

• GPS connected

  • LED off

    • LED blinking = searching for GPS

    • LED off = found GPS

• IMU connected

• Altimeter connected

• DJI Lightbridge transmitters attached

• HDMI cable connected from DJI to GoPro

• Gimbal

  • Turn on gimbal switch

  • Wait for gimbal to level

  • Power cycle if needed

  • Turn on GoPros

  • Ensure that gopros are recording

    • fish eyed on video to light bridge

    • normal on high res picture (edit this)

  • Turn on light bridge switch

  • Turn on ground station light bridge
    • click and let go, then hold for 2 seconds

  • Gimbal calibration check - moving plane ensuring stability of GoPro?

  • Verify video feed to CV computer

• Channel configuration check

• Steve confirm all control surfaces and channels are configured correctly?

• Range Check (For the first flight)

• CG Check (Center of Gravity)

• Stand clear

6. Autopilot Testing

• GC arm vehicle

• GC confirm nominal status (is everything running from a SW side on the GC?)

• Data link connection

• GPS and Altimeter data received and changing (not stuck on 1 value)?

• IMU orientation

• UHF status

• Error codes (only brown out and power on should be active)

• GC set autonomous level derivatives (CODE)

• Switch to autopilot

• Test directional derivative control

• GC set autonomous level angles (CODE)

• Test direction of angular control

• Power off and add propeller

7. Flight line

• Stand clear

• Power on

• Static throttle check (Is prop the right way?)

• Control surface check

• Network <go>?

• TA <go>?

• CV <go>?

• HV <go>?

• GC <go> (Check GPS, IMU, Altimeter, and Airspeed Data)

• Pilot <go>?

• Flight Director <go>?

• Steve you are clear for take off

8. Mission