SVE Test Plan

 

Detailed Semester long Test Plan can be found on the link below.

TeamC_Test_Plan

 

The SVE test consisted of 2 main phases, evaluating the Bird’s Eye View functionality explicitly and testing our emergency brake.

 

Test 1: Bird’s Eye View

The following test plan was the procedure we went through, including familiarization, at NEA’s Nardo test facility to validate the Bird’s Eye View Functionality.

Personnel:

  • David M.: PIC (Pilot in command), in charge of safety
  • Shivang Baveja: Secondary Pilot
  • Nick Crispie: Test Director
  • Joao Fonseca:
  • Hari Suresh: Test Engineer
  • Nihar Tadichetty:

Prep:

  • Gear and weather reminder

Materials:

  • High-capacity DJI batteries (NEA)
  • Six battery charger (NEA)
  • FlightOps camera (NEA)
  • Tripod (NEA)
  • Android Tablet (NEA)
  • Aircraft (FlySense)
  • Laptop (FlySense)
  • Antenna and Router (FlySense)

 

Nardo Test 1

 

Item Description
Objective
  • System Familiarization
Equipment
  • DJI Matrice 100 with FlySense Hardware
  • Epson BT300 AR Headset / Android tablet
Procedure
  1. Pilot will fly quadcopter along route into the container area with line of sight of the vehicle at all times
  2. Pilot flies vehicle into back of enclosed area, turns around and comes back
  3. Pilot will run trial again with FPV view and Bird’s Eye View

 

Nardo Test 2

 

Item Description
Objective
  • System Familiarization
Equipment
  • DJI Matrice 100 with FlySense Hardware
  • Epson BT300 AR Headset / Android tablet
Procedure
  1. Pilot will fly quadcopter along route around the container area
  2. Pilot will lose line of sight around back, flying with FPV and Bird’s eye view
  3. Pilot will complete multiple passes around the containers for up to 10 minutes
  4. Pilot will land back at start location

Nardo Test 3

 

Item Description
Objective
  • System Familiarization
Equipment
  • DJI Matrice 100 with FlySense Hardware
  • Epson BT300 AR Headset / Android tablet
Procedure
  1. Pilot will fly quadcopter along route, looping around containers before flying head first into enclosed area. Pilot flying exclusively with FPV and BEV
  2. Pilot flies vehicle into back of enclosed area and lands

 

Nardo Test 4

 

Item Description
Objective
  • Demo Dry Run
Equipment
  • DJI Matrice 100 with FlySense Hardware
  • Epson BT300 AR Headset / Android tablet
Procedure
  1. Pilot will fly quadcopter along route around the containers forward
  2. At opening of container enclosure, pilot yaws the vehicle around so the front (FPV side) is facing away from the back
  3. Pilot navigates backward to back of enclosed area, and lands
  4. Pilot navigating exclusively by FPV and BEV

 

Nardo Test 5

 

Item Description
Objective
  • Demo Dry Run – Modification
Equipment
  • DJI Matrice 100 with FlySense Hardware
  • Epson BT300 AR Headset / Android tablet
Procedure
  1. Pilot will fly quadcopter along route, first around the containers forward
  2. At opening of container enclosure, pilot yaws the vehicle around so the front (FPV side) is facing away from the back
  3. Pilot navigates backward to back of enclosed area, and lands
  4. Pilot takes off, turns 180 deg around, then flies backward out of enclosure
  5. Pilot navigates vehicle forwards around the enclosure back to the start
  6. Pilot navigating exclusively by FPV and BEV

 

Emergency Stop Functionality

Nardo Test 6