Program to manage safety checks and create metadata files compatible with oucass-profiles in the field
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Checklist
Checklist for flight safety and metadata logs compatible with oucass-profiles.
Safety checks include
- Check for visual obstacles and potential source of interference
- Clear and agree on a takeoff and landing zone
- Decide if current weather conditions are appropriate for safe flight
- Visual inspection of the vehicle
- Verify Mission Planner software prepared
- Connect ground station RF to laptop
- Verify controller prepared
- UAV battery setup
- Connect telemetry
- Confirm no error messages with Mission Planner
- Confirm GPS fix type (outdoors must get 3D fix)
- Check data logging
- Place vehicle at launch point
- Check flight mode on controller
- Confirm data logging software running
- Check sensors are in correct range
- Review flight plan - verbal and on Mission Planner
- Test audio communications among participants
- Check if all participants ready for flight
- Arm UAV
- Check GPS lock
- Clear props
- Notify participants mission is complete
- Disarm UAV
- Disconnect battery
- Inspect UAV
Metadata logs include
- Location name and ID
- Location info, such as the surface altitude, nearby Mesonet stations, and region from the CF Standard Region List
- Pilot in command
- Other pilots on site for COA flights
- Flight objective
- FAA authorization type
- Platform (UAV) ID
- Scoop ID
- Battery ID
- Initial and final battery voltages
- Cloud cover
- Rain (yes/no)
- Maximum planned and maximum obtained altitudes
- Launch and land times (in UTC)
- Emergency documentation
- Private and public remarks
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