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đź“‹ Admin Preparation

Requested By

Nathan Green Yuchen Lin

Goal Summary

Final test before competition.

Status?

DRAFT / SUBMITTED / WAITING FOR SUB-TEAM REVIEW / APPROVED

Desired Airframe

Pegasus 1

Desired Date(s)

18th or 19th

🥅 Testplan - to be filled out by requesting team

Create ONE table per test-item. Eg: “Landing pad images over asphalt”, “landing pad images over grass”, “landing pad images over grass, high” should all be unique tables.

Use each expand to capture one series of tests, eg “Landing pad detection” or “Auto-tuning”.

 Card 1: Task 1

Test 1: Task 1

Procedure

Goals / Objectives

Knockoff Criteria

  1. Turn on the drone and load the passenger

  • simulate with payload situation

  • Mechanical setup complete and tested(cabin off and payload in)

  1. Upload the mission 1 path

  • Make sure waypoint in mission planner

  • Waypoint flashing not successful

  • Wrong waypoint is being flashed onto the drone

  1. Battery plugged in

  • make sure all the control signal are updated and powered

  • VTX ready

  • No pre-arm warning

  • motor tested and props in right order

  • fail safe configured(battery with the correct operation, GSO failsafe 15 sec delay)

  • logging SD card installed

  1. Bring the drone to the flightline

  1. Conduct pre-takeoff checklist

  • sensor health

  • control link

  • vtx

  1. Enable logging

 

 

  1. Arm in auto

  1. Wait for the drone to complete 3 laps and land.

  • Make sure drone is following the flight path as expected

  • Check no LTE link lost during flight

  • Drone unstable

  • unable to establish VLOS

  • Timer threshold:

    • flight time exceeded 5 min.

    VBatt below safety threshold: 40V

    • QLAND immediately, disarm when landed.

    • Recover drone & gather state of batteries

    Lost link

    • Follow lost link procedures. Maintain vlos if possible.

    • Contact necessary local authorities.

  1. post landing checklist

  • disarm the drone, toggle safety switch before crew approach the drone, disconnect the battery

 Card 2: Task 2

Test 1: Task 1

Procedure

Goals / Objectives

Knockoff Criteria

  1. Turn on the drone and load the passenger

  • simulate with payload situation

  • Mechanical setup complete and tested(cabin off and payload in)

  1. Upload the mission 1 path

  • Make sure waypoint in mission planner

  • Waypoint flashing not successful

  • Wrong waypoint is being flashed onto the drone

  1. Battery plugged in

  • make sure all the control signal are updated and powered

  • VTX ready

  • No pre-arm warning

  • motor tested and props in right order

  • fail safe configured(battery with the correct operation, GSO failsafe 15 sec delay)

  • logging SD card installed

  1. Bring the drone to the flightline

  1. Conduct pre-takeoff checklist

  • sensor health

  • control link

  • vtx

  1. Enable logging

 

 

  1. Arm in auto

  1. Wait for the drone to hover at the final waypoint

  • Make sure drone is following the flight path as expected

  • Check no LTE link lost during flight

  • Daniel Puratich Call out last waypoint

  • Nathan Green Wear goggle

  • Drone unstable

  • unable to establish VLOS

  • Timer threshold:

    • flight time exceeded 5 min.

    VBatt below safety threshold: 40V

    • QLAND immediately, disarm when landed.

    • Recover drone & gather state of batteries

    Lost link

    • Follow lost link procedures. Maintain vlos if possible.

    • Contact necessary local authorities

  1. Wait for the one minute landing window

  • Just below 50% throttle to achieve smooth landing

  • Yuchen Lin start last min time count down

  • Yuchen Lin Callout last meter altitude

  • Yuchen Lin Callout 30 secs and 15 secs

  • Same as above

  1. post landing checklist

  • disarm the drone, toggle safety switch before crew approach the drone, disconnect the battery

Necessary Preparation

Explain what capacity you need, what needs to be mounted, etc.

Necessary items:

  • Jetson

  • CV camera

  • < rfd900 >

  • etc

Flight characteristics needed:

  • Flight speed

  • flight distance

  • max altitude

  • < etc >

Comms / Support needed:

  • Autonomous/repeatable missions

  • ability to hold location within +/- X meters

  • FPV Video from the drone?

  • etc….

đź«‚ Mandatory Attendees

This is a section for all attendees from your subteam which will be present for this flight test. (because they are testing their products, or otherwise)

Name

Phone #

Sub-team

Role

 Smile Khatri

8076320853

Mech

  • Mech lead stuff

This section and remaining to be filled out by FTC and Flightline Team

Flightline Team

Name

Phone #

Role

Reason

 Nathan Green

 

 

 

Yuchen Lin

Daniel Puratich

Pre-Flight Preparation

Checklists

 Week-Before checklist

  • Software configuration correct

  • Compare against latest baselines and verify no params changed, or changes approved by comp-ft-team

  • LTE tested

  • Autopilot Orientation checked

  • Motors tested

  • Prop direction check

  • Sensors outputs healthy & within range

  • Controller input mappings correct

  • Controller input choices correct for pilot preferences

  • Wireless trainer tested & working per pilot preferences.

Hardware (wiring)

  • Wires are not too tight or too loose (comfortable, not strained, not flapping around)

    • No cut/exposed wires

    • Shrouding is neat + presentable

    • Solder joints look good

      • no cracks

      • no corrossion

      • no exposed contacts (unless expected)

    • Specific requirement from Daniel Puratich

      • no exposed pad without solder on ESC caps

        • i did this on peggy 2

        • someone will need to do with peggy 1

      • ESCs all have a touch of hot glue to secure cap to board

    • Connectors fully plugged in

    • Connectors in good health

Hardware (airframe)

  • Bolts secure (nothing loose)

    • Carbon fiber not cracked

    • 3D prints not failing / crushed / cracked

    • No loose items

Hardware (groundstation)

  • ELRS Gemini tested & Working

    • Logging correct

    • Data looks correct

    • Control tower tested & working

  • Tracking antenna x2 (control + video) (mechanical)

    • Servos secure

    • Hardware (antennas) secure

    • No cracks/bends/chips in polycarb/aluminum

    • Gears / shafts look healthy

    • Grease if necessary

  • Tracking antenna x2 (control + video) (electrical)

    • Electrical components secure

    • Power delivery / signal wires secure, no cracks/corrosion/damage

  • Video System

    • goggles(?)

    • Monitors(?)

    • Video tower tested & working

  • Laptop w/mission planner configured correctly.

    • LTE Link tested working

Flightline Kit

  • Spare motors

  • Spare props

  • Spare tools

    • Metric allen keys

    • Socket set (question)

    • Pliers (flatnose + needle nose)

  • USB-C cable (short & long)

  • Soldering iron + heat shrink + spare cables

  • Power supplies for ground station computer

  • Ground station computer

  • Spare bolts

  • Radio Controllers

 Day-before checklist

  • Mission plan clear

  • flightline roles assigned

  • Communication hierarchy established

  • Incident procedures & roles in-place & briefed to all flightline team members

  • Timeline for day-of clear

  • Battery charging plan, equipment management plan clear.

  • Transportation clear

 Day-of checklist

  • Batteries in safety bag

  • Equipment

    • Zip tie

    • duck tape

    • label maker

    • Type c cable

    • ELRS Gemini

    • Saleae Logic Analyzer

    • charged WARG laptop

    • spare bag for small electronics

    • controller box

      • two controller

      • battery tester

    • VTX box

  • execute

Total 5 main system checked:

  • Power system(battery and connection)

  • Propulsion system(motor and propeller)

  • Controller system(Control links and ground station system)

  • Sensory system(sensors)

  • Video system (VTX)

  • Debrief

  • clean / store equipment if necessary

Incident Procedures

⏲️ Flight Test Timeline

Date/Time

Action

Notes

Date/Time

Action

Notes

0X00

Briefing @ WARG Bay

 

0X00

Arrival at Flight Test Location

 

0X00

Flight Test Card #1…… (eg: Capturing data, tuning, etc)

 

 

Flight Test Card #2

 

 

Flight Test Card #…….N

 

0X00

Debrief

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

đź’» DEBRIEF

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