Make sure to update the Title following the format “Jan 01, 2020 Flight Test”

1 Flight Preparation
- 1.1 Required Persons During Test
- 1.2 Other Attendees
- 1.3 Drivers & Seat Arrangement
- 1.4 Success criteria
- 1.5 Testing Timeline
- 1.6 Aircraft Incident Procedures
- 1.7 Emergency Procedures:
- 1.8 Week-Before To-Do List
- 1.9 Day-Before To-Do List
- 1.10 Pre-Departure Checklist
- 1.11 Pre-flight Safety Checklist
- 1.12 Post-Flight Checklist
2 Flight Test Post Mortem
- 2.1 RCA for Red Items
- 2.2 Action Items
3 Other Resources
- 3.1 Booking WRESTRC Field

Flight Preparation

Requested by:	@Anthony Luo
Required Sub-teams	Mech Electrical EFS CV Operation Sys-Int
Requested Date	Jan 25, 2023
Location and Time	WREST RC 12 - 6 pm
Summary & Goals
Approved?	Yes / Pending / No

Required Persons During Test

Name	Phone #	Role	Reason

Name	Role	Reason
@Dhruv Upadhyay	Flight Test Lead	Creating documentation Booking the test flight Creating a thread in #flight-staging
@Anthony Luo	Pilot in Command	Aircraft preparation Filling out documentation
@Ayoung Eun	Safety	Making sure everyone is safe Bringing Med kit
@Megan Spee	Secondary Pilot
@Aidan Bowers (Deactivated)	Data Collector, Data Analyzer of Cornflake(?) Coordinator of Houston	Assist pilot in cornflake test Chasing down the progress of Houston assembling
@Ethan Abraham	Houston lead	delegate taskes to ppl, making sure Houston ready by flight test
@Joseph Bagheri	Chase drone pilot, photographer

Other Attendees

Name (Tentative)	Role

Name (Tentative)	Role
Example: John Doe	Interested in being an observer!
@Nolan Haines	Cornflakes electrical PM
@Justin Joseph
@Sohee Yoon
@Aaditya Chaudhary	here for the vibes
@Daniel Puratich	Absolute Legend
@Neha Srivastava	I can be manual labor
@Michael Botros

Drivers & Seat Arrangement

Driver	Vehicle Type	Passenger

Driver	Vehicle Type	Passenger
@Anthony Luo	Personal car with Cornflakes	@Megan Spee
@Justin Joseph	Personal car	@Daniel Puratich @Nolan Haines@Sohee Yoon
@Aidan Bowers (Deactivated)	Personal car	@Ethan Abraham @Justin Joseph @Aaditya Chaudhary
@Michael Botros	Personal car	@Neha Srivastava @Ayoung Eun @Dhruv Upadhyay

Success criteria

Tests	Success Criteria	Requirements	Outcome

Tests	Success Criteria	Requirements
Fixed Wing Flight	Aircraft is able to fly in a fixed-wing configuration without issue	Cornflakes should be ready to fly, as outlined by all pre-flight checks
Quad-to-Fixed transition	Aircraft is able to successfully perform the transition from quad to fixed wing flight, and back.	Cornflakes should be ready to fly, as outlined by all pre-flight checks
Houston Setup Validation	Validate Houston has the correct setup after crashing from last flight test	Components on Houston are working and Houston is responsive to the control
FPV form Houston	Successfully receive the data and see the video transmitted from Houston	The camera, transmitter, and ground station need to be setup
Patch and Omni antenna performance and range testing on Houston	Get a sense of the antenna performance and transmition quality	Comparing the video quality between patch and omni antenna flying under the same path

Testing Timeline

Date/Time	Action

Date/Time	Action
Mar 13, 2023	Aircraft Assembly @Alison Thompson If aircraft assembly is complicated, outline dates of various milestones that should be met to ensure we don't rush to complete work at the last minute.
Mar 17, 2023	Pre-flight Preparation @Hardy Yu Feel free to not come at 9 if you don’t have a lot workload. During this time get snack if needed
Mar 18, 2023 9:00 am	Required persons for preflight preparation show up at bay Flight test lead breifly assign task for preparation work
Mar 18, 2023. 11:15 am	Flight brief from flight test lead
Mar 18, 2023. 11:30 am	Loading onto the Car Take your water bottle with you. Go washroom before we leave!
Mar 18, 2023. 11: 45 am	Drive to the test ground
Mar 18, 2023. 12:00 - 3:00 pm	Flight Testing
Mar 18, 2023. 3:30 pm	Debrief

Test #1	Quad Sanity Check Sanity check to the cornflake under quad mode with angled mounts Test includes the regular procedure of takeoff/landing, yaw control, buddy box Making sure we have the correct prop & servo setup Battery cheching after this test to learn about battery health
Test #2	Transition & Fixed Wing Flight (brief, 1 circle) Trasition will take place in a straight line After the trasition is done, the drone should fly in fixed wing for one circle, the return to quad mode during this process, making sure the drone maintain altitude and flight forward while avoid other people TODO: the flight path needs to be determined
Test #3	Transition & Fixed Wing Flight second pilot repeat everything with second pilot
Test #4	Fixed wing “waypoint” navigation Setup a destination on mission planner and run the drone in autopilot Wait is the fixed wing or quad? I suppose this should be quad. drone maintain altitude all the time TODO: the waypoint needs to be determined
Test #5	Quad Mode RTL Quad mode to RTL. Start close and then move further away. to see if it autoland
Test #6	Transition to fix wing then RTL Fly the drone away-> transition to fix wings-> RTL we expect the drone transition to quad and autoland but this is risky and we don’t know what’s gonna happen. Also the batteries may not support us to do this test, so this might move to 18th flight test
Houston to do list: @Daniel Puratich	air side transmiter working on screen display wired in pilot camera wired (will not take 12s) video transmitter capable of receiving 12V (3s ONLY) correct cables for both dipole & omni antenna. groundside receiver/relay tower working 1.3ghz receiver working correct cables for both dipole & patch anetnna. 5.8GHz Relay wired in. Power available to entire system (12V - 3s ONLY for vrx) FPV devices ready Goggles working Monitor working 5.8vrx → RCA → USB working

Aircraft Incident Procedures

Emergency Procedures:

Imminent Emergency: 911
Privacy offence: Local police
Fly away or loss of control - Local Aviation Authority (Refer to CFS)
- This applies to both vertical and horizontal fly aways

Control Station Failure

In the event of a control station failure, the following steps should be taken:

Attempt to restart the transmitter
Use spare transmitter to communicate to drone
If unable to establish communication with the drone, follow lost link procedures

Equipment Failure

Battery
- Do not fly if the battery appears dead or a problem is suspected. Puffy batteries should be ignored
Transmitter should be verified before flight
Props
- Ensure in flight worthy condition (ex: no dings, etc)
Control Surfaces
- Smooth, verify servo control, pushrod integrity

In the event of an RPA failure, the drone should be disarmed - this will stop all motors. The following steps should be followed:

Secure the area where the RPA will land
- Do NOT fly the drone over an area where the RPA can unexpectedly land for this reason. Thus, flying over people is NOT permitted in this drone
Secure the drone and disconnect the battery
Do NOT fly the drone until inspected

In the event of loss of transmitter link, the pixhawk will activate return to home mode. If the RTH mode does not engage, initiate fly away procedures

In the event a fly-away occurs (both vertical and horizontal), the following procedures should be taken:

Attempt to regain communication by following lost link procedures
If unsuccessful, record last heading, speed, and altitude
- Additionally, know the last battery level to estimate flight time
Alert local aviation authorities about new flight path and potential conflicts

The flight may be terminated by disarming the drone - this will stop all motors. This should be used with caution as the aircraft will be rendered inoperable and unable to glide under control.

Week-Before To-Do List

Day-Before To-Do List

Pre-Departure Checklist

Pre-flight Safety Checklist

Post-Flight Checklist

Item	Owner

Item	Owner
	ALL MEMBERS PRESENT

Flight Tests

Mar 18, 2023 Flight Test