CanberraUAV

Notes for meeting chair/minute takers

2013 May 20

present:

• Chris
• Tridge
• Jack
• Grant
• Matt
• Darrell
• Michael
• Jenny

Report on in-progress items

CMAC-weather-station

• Up and running - check it out at weather.cmac.org.au
• Camera still to come
• Enclosure enhancements required

bixler_workshop

• Get update at makers Tuesday night
• Solidify manifest to organise purchase

mu-thermal-camera

• Awaiting for delivery of production run

SAR-scenarios

• Queen Bee creating SAR will take a good deal of time

schools-program

• no action noted

DGPS

• Queen Bee has modem equipped with DGPS support

OBC2014

• Previous suggestion of UC being second team - doesn’t seem to be enough numbers and those that are “lurking” are very busy
• Main concern is weather you had enough time to support two teams
• Things you need
  • Builder - Jack and Chris historically main builders. Matt assisting as well.
  • Pilot
  • Manager - Stephen managing. Chris been helping out.
  • Ground Station technician - Matt, Stephen and Tridge
  • Image Analysis - Matt and Tridge
• Two bites of cherry if one crashed on take off
• Auto take off ok but auto landing tricky. Flaps will help with landings.
• Tridge keen for better radio links
  • tracking ground dish
  • quieter in airframe
• Two recognisable teams for the application
• More endurance out of X8 then Queen Bee. Put down to incorrect battery.
• Run past organisers if we enter 2 groups one our standard petrol frame and then a second with battery power.
• TODO
  • Airframe
  • Bottle drop mechanism
  • Auto Pilot Software
  • Hardware
  • Ground station
  • Launch System
  • Radio Communications
  • Antenna Tracking
  • Software Mission planning, path planning, strategy
  • Auto landing
  • Imaging Hardware
  • Imaging Software
  • DGPS (nice if someone is keen)
• Gyro-copter bottle drop mechanism could work
• ODroid and Camera fitted to Boomerang - box with computer etc
• Tridge going to experiment with camera enclosure

Other business

• Chris has a keen idea for mobile launching - discussion

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