Attendees

• Evan J.

• Daniel P.

Pre-QnA Notes

• attendance

  • a few teams no showed this one

  • no alberta, toronto, uvic (or they joined late idk)

• conops updates - katrina

  • flight window time duration will be released depending on how many teams pay comp fee after april 2nd, all subject to change at the day of

  • FRR

    • checking insurance paperwork

    • RPAS safety declaration needs to be filled out for FRR

  • friday 30min flight survey (in schedule)

    • can bring things, just one member per team.

      • facetime or bring vtx if we truly wanted

  • proof of flight is coming up

  • time is medicine hat local time for deadlines for phase 2

  • local contacts / shipping

    • Joleine Martineau

Questions Daniel Asking

• Define a cots airframe, put our own components is it legal?

  • Is more so against having the electronics come pre-selected and some wiring harness

  • Ok with barebones mechanical airframe that is off the shelf

• Do we proof of flight each drone or just one?

  • Submit proof of flight of all drones flying.

  • If changes are made, it should be obvious, but not an entirely new airframe

• Define competition intent configuration for purposes of proof of flight.

  • small modifications only

• Do drones require gps coordinates bc not controlled airspace this year? In past this has been a requirement, but shouldn't be this year eh?

  • RPAS safety insurance requires GPS and barometer precision, so we would need to have one

• Can you manually pilot and get full autonomy points for task 1.

  • Prolly gonna no comment this one but ima ask anyways.

  • Answer:

    • Said to look at Task 1 scoring card → related to auto take off and landing

    • We can manually fly over points to look for hotspots

    • Mobility is no the autonomy focus

    • Final statement: up to the discretion of the judges

      • Can’t just hover over the hotspot as that might indicate the script is looking for that stationary input

    • If something isn’t explicitly stated, don’t ask abt it

• Can flight line be different people for task 1 and task 2.

  • Should be an easy yes, but just looking to confirm.

  • Confirmed ok

• When can we ship batteries? How early? Victoria emailed but just bump inquiry here.

  • not asked this bc seems handled on our end

• Can people observe from the flightline location during the competition?

  • limited tent space

  • stand behind the fence

  • ped traffic control this year, alma had more space

  • Will have space before flight time to set up and get organized at the very least

• Are we responsible for transportation to the flightline?

  • Will have some shuttlebuses that can pick up and drop people off

  • Can drive right up to the flightline with our cars

• Does auto release have to go in the drum for task 2 autonomy points?

  • For Task 2 autonomy points, it says auto intake and auto release.

  • Doesn’t say certain quantity needs to be auto, but maybe worth checking

  • No requirement, easy points to set up then. Just get into position

More Questions

• questions asked by other people

• Felix (Carleton) cooking as usual.

  • did some admin questions early on, but he didn’t have anything scoring related

  • asked about shipping (in captains package)

  • asked about shipping items back

    • can organize this with Joleine Martineau (local to Medicine Hat and helping organize)

    • Have a label and package fully set up and they can organize it getting picked up

    • Team would pay for shipping obviously

• In what conditions are we expected to be able to fly?

  • judges will determine

  • Light rain, snow, light wind

  • Hard to specify without knowing 100% what would cause inclimate weather day

• How much will the IR emitters show

  • Can be obstructed

  • Read conops

  • Will be maxed out from their power source, but can’t specify how much of the panel itself is visible

  • voltage you give to it scales brightness, that’s why they asked about this one

• Will look at latest KML file when judging

  • multiple can be submitted

• they have an SFOC

• very dry weather

• will hear back about extra space in residences

• questions routing

  • CONOPS to Katrina

  • Alexandre for logistics

Off topic Notes

• McGill or manitoba has small fully composites drone in background, kinda like this:

Open

• ending early at 9:40 ish