2024-05-25 Competition Notes

Purpose

• notes by Daniel Puratich to ensure we don’t miss anything for tomorrow for task 2

• timeline is already in gcal and agreed upon

• not a real meeting just not sure where to put this in confluence lol

Related Docs

• 2024-05-25 Notes notes from today scrapped together

• 2024-5-25 Compeitition task 1 debrief group debrief session from today

• 2024-05-17 Competition Attendees Sync original roles described

• 2024 Competition Task 2 Checklist previously planned checklist for upcoming task

Flight Line Roles Task #2

• Nathan - pilot, lte ground side setup

• Yuchen - gso and lte for walkout, serving nathan, holding second monitor

• Daniel - walkout, callouts, coordinating with judges, will be in gso for takeoff

• Smile - walkout and cabin, holding the monitor for tong

• Tong - holding video relay

Delegations

• Aidan and Nathan to update failsafes

• Yuchen on charging batteries

• Nathan to ensure LTE video functionality

Notes

• Bring monitor for video to display there

• We must display our GPS location on one screen always

• we should test lte video in morning

• we are packing the cargo for ballast

  • we autotuned with it and less wind impact if heavier

• latest conops: https://www.aerialevolution.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-AEAC-Competition-RFP-v1.2-14-March-2024.pdf

• general conops: https://www.aerialevolution.ca/annual-student-competition/

• callsign

  • pegasus if i can just say the callsign

  • warg if i have to phonetic it

  • e if it can be anything

• timing

  • 40min flight window

  • approach is less than five minutes

  • we can take some time to make checklists clear

Permissible

• We are allowed to fly back for another attempt.

  • We can swap batteries between attempts

Questions (in order of priority to be asked on the 26th before out flight window)

• Where can we walk with repeater as flight-line team?

  • What is the limit of the “flight-line”?

  • Can we stand near the hanger?

  • Can we stand near the runway?

  • MUST SFAY AT TENT

• Correlation between “landing time” from email and CONOPS 21.e “designated time window”?

  • How long is the specified landing window?

    • “21.a In the email on Thursday evening, Bidders will be given a specific time window to land (see Para16.c). The time window will be at least 1 min long.” ← we have not been told how long the window is yet via email or in person

  • Is the 20 minuts mean anytime after that we can land?

  • 20 TO 21 IS THE MINUTE

• Does callsign need to be copied phonetically?

  • Dont care

• Can we get the cargo and barbies before the flight window?

  • most likely answer is no as per 21.b but worth askin

  • DIDNT ASK, LOTS OF TIME

• Are there any points awarded if we land at a different landing pad than the one we initially called out over the radio?

  • CONOPs doesnt rlly say this

  • YES ITS ALLOWED

• For the callouts, where is “start of approach”?

  • is it at the first waypoint or the last one given in CONOPS?

  • 350 FT

• If we damage the drone in an attempt and cannot fly it back, are we allowed to manually recover and attempt to repair the drone within our flight window?

  • CONOPs doesnt explicitely disallow but seems not advised.

  • THEY WILL HELP YS DRIVE IT BACK

  • NON FLIGHTLINE CAN AS LONG AS NO COMMS

• Does yawing violate the requirement of “hovering” from 21.e?

  • are we allowed to do this before the specified landing window?

  • Low priority question bc we dont need to do this

  • ALLOWED

More questions

• Can we claim a tent

  • NO NEED, MOST TENTS ARE EQUAL

• Can we pack cargo and barbies ahead of time

  • WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME, NO NEED

• can flight line team indicate to the recovery team if we want the drone to be recoverred or not after a landing?

  • recovery team will not be on flight line

  • how do they know if we wanna takeoff again or not?

• can we get the nice corner table?