CanberraUAV

Notes for meeting chair/minute takers

2013 April 15

present:

Tridge
Stephen
Jack
Darrell
Matt
Chris
Grant

Report on in-progress items

SAR Scenarios

TODO: organise meeting/workshop with Alex

TODO: follow up with ACT Emergency Service contact

encourage group to review/edit existing SAR scenarios

subsequently seek feedback from “community” to order scenarios in order of importance/value

CSIRO Collaboration

nothing to report

last flight from Trevor was a couple of weeks ago

TODO: analyse some logs for Trevor

hope to fly at their site soon

Weather Station

Weather data available:

data whitening was an issue

Davis protocol reverse engineering complete

barometer not available (in base only - not remote station)

storm-rain sensor not calibrated yet (two of three working)

might have weather station ready by the weekend

Easter egg - sunlight sensor (not in Davis software)

Still TODO:

waiting for SIM card from TPG

camera not fixed/replaced yet

OBC 2014

Two team approach?

wait for the new rules to come out - this week hopefully.

plan, organise a meeting @ MVH (etc).

Try to interest new members to CanberraUAV

Issue - people don’t feel like they have something to contribute.

Solution - Define clear set of positions including roles and responsibility’s available to new joiners

project management approach, better defined projects

Mountain Bike Race in Namadgi

Darrell + Steve met with them on the weekend

Expansive Communications network (wifi, back haul)

If we can resolve the regulatory issues (CASSA), Insurance, and Landholder permission...

...Then we can attempt to assist them, starting with trial runs on site.

e.g. quadcopter (Darrell), fly their camera equipment + communications gear.

don’t yet know the weight of the equipment, which airframe?

possibly X8 airframe might be appropriate

bixler MTOW ~800g, to small

discussion of other planes - FPVRaptor, Techpod, etc.

Other business

Offer of Airframe from Falcon-UAV.org

Tridge has been collaborating with Falcon-UAV (missed the fellow’s name)

Large airframe under development (does not exist yet)

May materialise as a plane for us to use

Bixler

Darrell will loan Tridge a Bixler 2 airframe

...to be trialled with new L1 algorithm, prior to launch

(and discover tuning parameters before launch)

DSMx/DSM2 receivers

have some experiments

basically working but probably better to stay with PPM at this stage

is a single satellite receiver suitable quality vs FrSky?

New FrSky transmitter “Taranis”

open source, usb / memory

looks good, will get one to test

approved expenditure

DIYDrones X8 catapult review

Jack reviewed the DIYDrones video

sceptical of ability to launch a loaded-up wing

Prefer a ramp to stop plane scraping along ground

KISS - try bungee + Ramp, bungee + trolley.