Attendance

• @Daniel Puratich

• @Nathan Green

• @Georgia Westerlund

• @Manasva Katyal

• @Ryan Scomazzon

• @Derek Tang

• @Tochi Okoro

• @Victoria Gee

• @Nick Armstrong

• @Evan Janakievski

• @Alison Thompson

• @Andrew Chai

• @Balaji Leninrajan

• @Maxwell Lou

• @Meghan Dang

• @Roni Kant

Previous Week’s Flight Tests

• Francis

  • adjusted settings and tune is good on light pack

  • another test we didn’t fly as megapack interfere’s with GPS

• X500

  • No updates, was not flown

• Dallas/Houston

  • RTF’d and tuned; now in a flyable state

  • EKF high vibe

• Peggy 1

  • RTF’d and tuned; now in a flyable state

• Peggy 2

  • No updates, was not flown

Task 1 Approach

• Peggy 1 Readiness

  • Only item left is VTX cam

  • Thoughts on just stealing Eclipse’s for now and mounting it directly?

    • No need for mux, for Task 2 we just need downwards cam.

  • Camera systems for drones

    • Peggy 2

      • 1.3 ghz

      • Downward facing cam

    • Peggy 1

      • 5.8 ghz

      • Downward facing cam

    • Neptune

      • 5.8/1.3

      • Mux for pi desktop and downward facing cam

    • Dallas

      • 5.8/1.3

      • Mux for pi desktop and downward facing cam

• Autonomy Updates

  • Just waiting on confirmation from a flight test

• Drones:

  • Dallas/Houston

  • X500

  • Cali Drone (Francis)

• Testing and competition simulation readiness

Task 2 Approach

• Task 2 Payload

  • Ready for Peggy 1 and Peggy 2

• Wiring Status

  • Pumps are wired

  • Float sensor wired, but not configured in parameters

• Testing Status

  • Ground tested for pumps to turn on

  • Not flight tested

• Tubing

  • will test difference of pumping speed with 2 vs 4 pumps and changes in length

General

• LED System Status

  • Code is done (@Nick Armstrong )

  • Validated in flight by @Manasva Katyal

  • We have a set of four that is in flyable state (2x rev3 & 2x rev4)

    • More are assembled and to be validated soon

    • Needs some ee cleanup, Ryan will stay a day and do after finals (April 22/23/24)

      • 3x rev4

  • Could just fly two per drone worst case

• Batteries shipping status

  • Wil send email for them to open box and confirm contents

• drone packing situation

  • @Alison Thompson to test in cad for placement of peggy parts in suitcases

  • Look into foam for filling voids

• packing list updates

  • @Evan Janakievski @Alison Thompson to look for mech items

  • Battery chargers → both and bring power supply for newest one

  • 1.3 ghz receiver

  • VTX box and controller box + nomad module (doesnt fit in controller box)

  • Mech needs to order spares of fasteners and possibly oring

  • Antennas for EP Duals (just bring new EP duals)

• tuning readiness

  • everything is now tuned (excluding yaw axis for Dallas)

  • Some finer tuning occurred for Peggy 2 and Neptune but not for Dallas and Peggy 1

• registrations

  • done

• VTX table

  • Need to set up drones in Waterloo to match this

• binding phrases

  • Task #1:

    • Peggy 1: wargify1

    • Peggy 2: wargify2

  • Task #2:

    • Neptune: wargify1

    • Dallas: wargify2

    • Francis: wargify3

• Spare Parts Order

  • thread in #integration

  • Motors for Peggy

  • Props for Peggy

  • Props for Dallas (2x pair)

  • Props for Neptune (2x pair)

  • ESCs

• 3D print spare parts

  • @Alison Thompson @Evan Janakievski @Camilo Artigas Alos make list

  • Landing gear for Peggy 1 and 2

• Logistics Updates

  • Car Drivers:

    • Nathan

    • Georgia

    • Alison

    • Daniel

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Upcoming Flight Tests

• Thursday

  • Test Task 2 payload with 4 pumps and one small drone for Task 1

  • 4ish @Ryan Scomazzon and @Evan Janakievski will head out for this