{"id":445,"date":"2021-12-11T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/?p=445"},"modified":"2021-12-11T19:14:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T19:14:56","slug":"activity-8-flight-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/2021\/12\/11\/activity-8-flight-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Activity #8: Flight tests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The first flight test was inside a building. As the GPS coverage was very bad, we select the Alt Hold flight mode in order to use the barometer of the autopilot. Here you have the first flight:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"First test\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5jxdmGNVAdc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> Video 1:  <em>First flight.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, we crashed. The problem was the pitch. By default, the pitch is changed, so when you move the right joystick of the radio backward, the Drone goes foreward, and it could not happend. In order to change the pitch direction, we use just the radio. Moving to the page with the pitch parameters, we changed the direction easly. <strong>So, this is a must that you have to do in order to avoid this crash!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once we solve this, we tried again and here you have some photos and videos of each of us as a pilots:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.45.40-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136\" width=\"377\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.45.40-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.45.40-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.45.40-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.45.40.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><figcaption> Figure 1:   <em>Dmitrii as a pilot.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Dmitrii&#039;s inside flight\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iREidi7QSFU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> Video 2:   <em>Dmitrii&#8217;s inside flight.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.44.22-8.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.44.22-8.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.44.22-8-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.44.22-8-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> Figure 2:   <em>Edu as a pilot.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Edu&#039;s inside flight\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rQxJHqlBPUw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> Video 3:   <em>Edu&#8217;s inside flight.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We saw that the center of gravity was a little displaced to the left, so we tried to move some components a little bit to the right. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After these successful flights, we moved to the outside in order to flight with GPS, so that means that we could use the loiter mode. But, before showing the flights in the outside, we show you the preparation of our Drone:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.45.37-1-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.45.37-1-edited.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.45.37-1-edited-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.45.37-1-edited-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.45.37-1-edited-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/med.upc.edu\/team5-2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/10\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-30-at-14.45.37-1-edited-1536x864.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption>Figure 3:   <em>Ready to Fly!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, we mentioned that every flight, it is recommended to do the calibrations again, so here you have a video of Dmitrii doing the compass calibration before the outside flight test:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Compass GPS calibration\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9vI8Wm8-Pfk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> Video 4:  <em>Compass GPS calibration.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finaly, we were ready to fly, and this happends:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Dmitrii&#039;s flight\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xZDZp7Gc9BE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> Video 5:   <em>Dmitrii&#8217;s outside flight<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Edu&#039;s flight\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jNHpyYO2CWc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> Video 6:   <em>Edu&#8217;s outside flight.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the flights, we could see that everything went perfect and the flight tests was successful! We have to mention that the change in the center of gravity that we did after the inside tests was good, because we notice that the stability was much better outside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first flight test was inside a building. As the GPS coverage was very bad, we select the Alt Hold flight mode in order to use the barometer of the autopilot. Here you have the first flight: As you can see, we crashed. The problem was the pitch. 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