[Canberrauav] Weekend recap
Stephen Dade stephen_dade at hotmail.com 
Mon Jul 23 00:03:20 EST 2012 

The highlights of this weekend included:

-We got over 60 minutes of flying time on Saturday, on a single fuel tank!
Jack's addition of a header tank seems to have fixed the "45 minutes"
problem, even if we don't conclusively know what the issue was.

-The main wheel strut is showing major signs of wear and tear. It will need
to be replaced in the near future.

-The erratic airspeed sensor issue was fixed by removing a kink in the air
tube to the sensor

-The new USB cable for the Pandaboard/Camera is not working. Most likely due
to it not supplying enough power to the camera (too much resistance in the
cable). Jack will look at this during the week.

-The camera needs to auto-reboot in flight if the USB connection crashes
(since we don't always notice this on the ground). Tridge will look at
implementing this.

-Sunday's flying was cut short by the o-ring on the header tank dissolving
into the fuel. This was discovered when the engine stopped ~2 min into
flight. There are now bits of rubber all through the engine which need to be
cleaned out. Jack will do this during the week.

-D3 is due on the 15th August. I will start collating videos and photos for
this (Matt and Michael - can I grab your videos?). We will tentatively hold
a D3 report writing session the week beforehand (7-10 August).

Thanks

Stephen

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