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Lab 06 - Advanced Mission Planning and Simulated Emergency

15 Points
AT
Anestis Athanasios Tsagris
Last edited 4 days ago by Clayton Brown.

Task 1 - Kidney Bean Mission

Using
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, other class resources, and the built-in GCS User Manual, recreate the mission below for KLAF RWY 10. Be sure that you achieve/answer the following:
What is the correct loiter direction for the rally point and why?
counterclockwise because it follows the directions of the left hand pattern that continues with the fluidity of it.
Why is the takeoff point not on the runway? Consider when the wayboard is achieved.
This is off the runway to allow for time to achieve a certain alt. and not rush. This helps prevents stalls and allows for a more achievable flight.
Which waypoint appears unnecessary for landing on RWY 23 at KLAF? Under what conditions might this waypoint be necessary?
Waypoint 10 because it’s only slightly off of 9 but this is necessary if there is an obstruction that requires to maintain an altitude prior to descending in altitude.
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Kidney bean mission plan for KLAF RWY 23.

Task 3 - Emergencies

Using section 8 from the ULTRA UAS - SOP above, answer the following questions:
What is the target speed for dual engine failure?
60kts
What is the target speed for single engine failure?
52kts
When should you deploy flaps?
Use half flaps during the landing but use best judgement to determine if the characteristics of the aircraft needs more or less to achieve a successful landing!
When you recognize that you’ve lost both engines, what should your first move be when you are within a few hundred feet of the ground? Speculate how this changes if you are at a few thousand feet above the ground?
Near ground: Deploy the flaps or other energy dissipating techniques while also minimizing the circuit to avoid not having enough energy to get back.
Far above ground: Even far above the ground it’s definitely vital not to treat it as if you have engines and get back with a safe buffer to allow for maybe a more heated landing.

Task 5 - Believer Mission as homework

Taking the skills you have learned from this lab and lecture this week, plan an efficient mission. This mission will not be used for X-Plane simulations and should meet the criteria talked about in the lecture for a believer operation. This plan will be used when we operate the believers. We will be conducting operations at this location.
The red pin is on a grass strip used for landings.
X-plane Flight Plan
Mission-2026-03-03T18_10_13_CSB.json
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Believer Flight Plan
ASREC_Waiver_AirspaceWaived_CSB_030526.json
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ASREC_Waiver_Mission_CSB_030526.json
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ASREC_Waiver_RallyPoints_CSB_030526.json
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