Test Flight Checklist
- Appoint a designated checklist enforcer:
Itemized Summary
Devices
- Router (1)
- NUC (1)
- Blue RFD (1)
- Ubiquiti Nanostation (1)
- Ubiquiti Rocket AC (1)
Power
- Voltage Regulator (2) or Wall Outlet Adapters (2)
- Batteries (5)
- PoE Injectors (2)
Cables
- God Cable (1)
- Ethernet Cables (6)
- Turquoise Ethernet Cable for Camera (1)
- Black Power Cable for Camera (1)
- Barrel Connector to JST Cable for Jetson power (1)
- iPhone cable for Wi-Fi hotspot (1)
- USB-A to USB-C hub dongle (1)
Setup
Ground
Router
- Router
- Voltage Regulator #1 (set to 12V) with Battery #1 or Wall Outlet Adapter
NUC (broach)
- NUC
- Voltage Regulator #2 (set to 19V) with Battery #2 or Wall Outlet Adapter
- Blue RFD to NUC USB port
- Ethernet cable #3 from NUC to router "LAN" port
Nanostation
- Ubiquiti Nanostation
- PoE injector #1
- Ethernet cable #1 from Nanostation to PoE Injector "PoE" port
- Ethernet cable #2 from PoE injector #1 "LAN" port to Router "LAN" port
- Battery #3 connected to XT60 on PoE injector #1
Antenna Tracker
- Ethernet cable #4 from Arduino to router "LAN" port
- Battery #4
Plane
Jetson
- Jetson Orin Nano
- God cable (labeled "god")
- Barrel connector to JST cable
- barrel end goes in Jetson
- JST end goes in god cable
- Battery #5 to white end of god cable
- Turquoise Ethernet Cable from Jetson to Camera
RocketAC
- Rocket AC
- Ethernet cable #5 to Poe port on Poe injector #2
- Ethernet cable #6 from Poe injector #2 lan port to USB-Ethernet on Jetson
Camera
- Camera
- Black power cable from Camera to TX60 (yellow) connector on God cable
Pre-Flight
- Test image before mounting camera
- GCS connection up
- Router page open
- Test image after mounting camera (remove lens cap!)
- Designate backup human antenna tracker:
- Designate human to disarm plane on landing:
- Designate flight scribe: