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1 Flight Preparation
- 1.1 Required Persons During Test
- 1.2 Other Attendees
- 1.3 Driver’s Phone Number(or someone in the car)
- 1.4 Success criteria
- 1.5 Day-Before Checklist
- 1.6 Testing Date Timeline
- 1.7 Pre-Flight Test Checklist
- 1.8 Pre-flight Safety Checklist
- 1.9 Post-Flight Checklist
2 Flight-Post Mortem
- 2.1 Results
- 2.2 Summarize Red Items
- 2.3 Action Items
3 Other Resources
- 3.1 Booking WRESTRC Field

Flight Preparation

Requested by:	EFS, Mech
Required Sub-teams	Mech Electrical EFS CV Operation Sys-Int
Requested Date	Jan 25, 2023
Location and Time	Wrest RC, Feb 11, Test time 12pm - 6pm, Meet-up start from 9am
Summary & Goals	Frosted Flakes Frame Validation && ZP ↔︎ AP Integ on Houston
Approved?	Yes / Pending / No

Required Persons During Test

Name	Phone #	Role (Bolded means needed)	Reason

Name	Phone #	Role (Bolded means needed)	Reason
@Dhruv Rawat	@Dhruv Upadhyay	905-213-0704	Flight Test Lead Creating documentation Booking the test flight Creating a thread in #flight-staging
@Sahil Kale	-	Pilot in Command	Aircraft preparation Filling out documentation
@Ayoung Eun	905-966-3530	Safety	Making sure everyone is safe Bringing Med kit
@Nathan Green		Data Collector, Data Analyzer
@Hardy Yu	226-979-9158	Flight test coordinator

Other Attendees

Name	Role

Name	Role
@Alison Thompson	Mech rep
@Ethan Abraham @Daniel Puratich	Electrical rep
@Hamza Ali	Recording Flight Test / Coordinator

Driver’s Phone Number(or someone in the car)

Name	Phone#

Name	Phone#
@Nathan Green
@Sahil Kale	-

Success criteria

Tests	Success Criteria	Requirements	Outcome

Tests	Success Criteria	Requirements	Outcome
Frosted Flakes Frame Validation	Successful hover circle in quad transition both ways fixed wing flight Met footage requirements for proof of flight	Frosted flakes ready

Day-Before Checklist

Item	Owner

Item	Owner
Charing Batteries Planned For (never leave charging alone)	@Daniel Puratich @Ethan Abraham
ESCs / flight controller wired	@Hamza Ali @Alison Thompson
Airframe Assembled	@Alison Thompson
End to End Test (neglecting props)	@Nathan Green
Harnessing	@Alison Thompson
Updating Firmware	@leads

Testing Date Timeline

Time	Action

Time	Action
9:00 - 11:30	Pre-flight Preparation Feel free to not come at 9 if you don’t have a lot workload During this time get snack if needed
11:30	Flight brief from flight test lead
11:40 - 12:00	Loading onto the Car Take your water bottle with you Go washroom before we leave!
12:00 - 12:30	Drive to the test ground
12:30 untill we finish	Flight Testing
After we come back	Debrief

Pre-Flight Test Checklist

Item	Owner

Item	Owner
Vehicles	@leads
Flight Test Location	@Aaron Dyck (Deactivated)
Batteries Charged	@Daniel Puratich @Ethan Abraham
RC_Link Charged	@Daniel Puratich
Aircraft	@Alison Thompson
Replacement Parts (Props, etc)	@Alison Thompson
RF setup properly	@Daniel Puratich @Ethan Abraham
Pilot Free	@Sahil Kale
Flight Plan	@Hardy Yu
Emergency Supplies (e.g. First aid kit)	@Hamza Ali
ZP set up for flight	@Daniel Puratich @Ethan Abraham
Recordings and flight data are captured	@Hamza Ali
Ground station Antenna Poles & tape	@Daniel Puratich @Ethan Abraham
Walkie Talkie	@leads

Pre-flight Safety Checklist

Item	Owner

Item	Owner
Good visibility and safe wind speed	@Ayoung Eun @everyone
Surrounding is free of obstacles	@everyone
Flight code flashed	@leads
Pre-Flight Inspection All parts are securely hold by or attached to Airframe The attachment points of landing gear is secure Ensure prop direction is correct, no nicks, chips or cracks Batteries have no defects, and wires are not pinched Transmitters are adequately charged and functioning Sensors like GPS and IMU are calibrated Pay attention to aircraft status LEDs	@Alison Thompson @everyCrew
Ground recording	@crews
Crew far from drone set-off area / landing area	@everyCrew

Post-Flight Checklist

Item	Owner

Item	Owner
Use Flight-Post Mortem to Debrief	ALL MEMBERS PRESENT
Discard of damaged batteries	@Daniel Puratich @Ethan Abraham
Discharge used batteries for better longevity	@Daniel Puratich @Ethan Abraham

Flight-Post Mortem

Results

Didn’t destroy the airframe
Followed checklist and brought required items
Good population of people
Timelines were generally relatively accurately followed

Communication on the flight line were slightly poor
Test CFG before getting to the flight line
Create checklist for spare PWM cables, wires, etc. in general
Ensure that spare parts that are brought are able to actually be used
Improve communication on the way to the flight test for prepping the aircraft

Communicate timelines properly beforehand on action items and following up prepping for flight tests, making sure that tasks are assigned
Harnessing for the aircraft needs to be addressed, ensuring clearance with motors
Delegate tasks in a manner that takes into account the bandwidth of each individual person
Set tighter checkpoints on timelines and making sure that if tasks aren’t completed, we cancel the flight test

RCA items to discuss:
- harnessing
- motor mounts
- soldering
- people factor

Summarize Red Items

Factors That Could Have Led to Abnormality	Most Probable Factor	Possible Fixes

Factors That Could Have Led to Abnormality	Most Probable Factor	Possible Fixes
Timelines	Poor delegation Hesitancy to cancel flight test (and follow through on checkpoints)	Have regular sync up meetings and ensure deadlines are being met
Harnessing + Clearance	No proper guideline and strategy set for people harnessing to follow	Create guidelines for harnessing Setup strict limitations for clearance from props and wires
Motor mounting + clearance	Different style used for mounting front motor	Use loctite Take into consideration flexing Ensure motor mounts are designed and validated to frame spec
Pixhawk mounting + Nose droop	Mounted on foam Nose cone was developed for old cabin, which wasn’t manufactured as such	Use wood or metal instead that is firmly mounted Redo nose cone Ideally redo cabin in the medium term

Action Items

Make sure we have timeline syncs for Icarus and flight tests (weekly)

Write guidelines for harnessing properly

@Hamza Ali @Alison Thompson @Nathan Green to own RCA, due EOD Tuesday

Update motor mounting to take into account the design of the frosted flakes airframe

Threadlock motors

Add minimum clearance between any moving parts and wires/harnessing, airframe, electronics

Update PDB used

Redo suboptimal solder joints

Other Resources

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