AT 309 Week 2 - Skydio 2+ Training

August 30, 2024

Purdue Turf Farm

Group Members: Benjamin Bradley, Kendrick Wittmer

Logbook

This lab was very straightforward in terms of mission deliverables. It served the purpose of familiarizing us with the Skydio 2+ platform. Benjamin and Kendrick had not used the Skydio before, so they spent the most time flying. I personally have a couple of hours with the platform, so this lab was useful for re-familiarizing me with the platform. We did run into one issue, as all of us were using the regular Skydio app, rather than the enterprise app. In this case it was not an issue, as we were still able to complete all of the deliverables with the capability of the regular app, although we had to switch the waypoint flight to a cable flight. For our purposes, they work interchangeably, however going forward we are aware that we need to use the enterprise app. Lesson learned. Other than that, everything went smoothly and we were very impressed with the Skydio's capabilities. Mission specifics and pictures can be found in the report below.

Weather: 83 Degrees Fahrenheit, Scattered cloud cover, 0-5 mph winds.

Site Conditions: Open grass field, slightly crowded but the sections are divided to avoid any interference with other teams

Potential Hazards: Multiple other drone teams present, multiple PTF workers present.

Authorizations:

• LAANC with an altitude ceiling @ 200 ft.

Missions:

• Nadir photos (camera pointed straight down) @25ft-200ft in 25 ft intervals (25, 50, 75...)

• Waypoint* flight, video, 30-60 sec

  • * replaced with cable flight

• Keyframe flight, video, 30-60 sec

• "One shot" flight, video. We chose to do a rocket shot.

Aircraft:

• Skydio 2+ A - FA3HWRWHWK

Operation Timing:

• Time to drive and set up: 40 min.

• Nadir: 8 min. (11:25 -11:32)

• Cable/waypoint: 8 min. (11:32 - 11:40)

• Keyframe: 15 min. (11:40-11:55)

• One-shot: 4 min. (11:55-11:59)

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Fig. 1: Nadir images in order from 25 to 200

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/4c84da_35c2ccf8697640fabf55fded420f25df/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

Fig. 2: Cable video, in place of the waypoint flight

Fig. 3: Screenshot taken during the making of the cable flight

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/4c84da_3821207b5781478cbff5984a7df606d5/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

Fig. 4: Keyframe video

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Fig. 5: Collection of screenshots from the making of the keyframe video

https://video.wixstatic.com/video/4c84da_8c757b17084e41c08e25d97a1c8612ac/1080p/mp4/file.mp4

Fig. 6: One-shot rocket video

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Fig. 7: Two images of the skydio on top of it's case

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Fig. 8: Photos of the team.