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Lab 06 - Advanced Mission Planning and Simulated Emergency

15 Points

Nathan Tyler Rose

Anestis Athanasios Tsagris

Last edited 24 days ago by Joseph P Salcik.

Overview

In this lab there are two major tasks. Believer Final Inspection Prep as well as Advanced Mission Planning and Emergencies. The Believer Final Inspection portion should be completed as a group.

The mission planning portion should be completely individual work and should not be completed with the assistance of your peers. We will be planning two separate missions. One will be a mission for the ULTRA on X-Plane and the other mission will be for your believer when operations start. All questions regarding mission planning should be directed immediately to your instructor. Task 0 should be completed before your sign up time.

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Sign up for simulator time here⁠

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Resources and Tools

Tasks - Believer Final Inspection Prep

Task 0 - Review Lab 01

Your classmates provided a quality assessment and punch list for your aircraft as a preliminary check before final inspection. Review this punch list to ensure all items were properly addressed.

Task 1 - Final Power On

Perform one final power check of your Believer. Be sure that the controls, motors, and all peripheral sensors work as expected. This is your final check before passing it off for final inspection next week.

Task 2 - Review Group E-portfolio

Your group e-portfolio will be reviewed as part of your final inspection next week. Be sure that you are happy with it’s condition.

Task 3 - Signoff Form

Complete the final inspection form below, confirming that your group is ready for final review beginning next week.

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Tasks - Simulator

Task 0 - Pre-Briefings

Using Section D of the ULTRA UAS QRH above, create the following (simplified) briefings before your flight. You will brief your instructor verbally, so you need not write down your briefing; be prepared to lead it.

Airport Briefing

Practicing procedures for effective and safe operations when flying the MFE Believer.

Inside Niswonger 116.

Getting to Niswonger via bus/car

15 mph once over the train tracks and parking at Niswonger/C lot before the train tracks

0600-2000 daily

JP Salcik phone: (708) 495-8608 for contact.

Niswonger facility phone: (765) 494-5782

Verbal contact as we will be next to each other

119.6

X-Plane Simulator

Varrying, will be determined before simulator operation. Minimums will be 800ft ASL in left hand traffic in kidney bean shape.

Next to GCS on separate desktop

Online simulator; unapplicable

N/A

Daily Briefing

X-Plane Simulator flight

Weather conditions unapplicable due to being online

NOTAMS unapplicable

Traffic unapplicable

Windracer Ultra

Flight Briefing

Objectives and Roles: Practice regular operations of GCS and SP before full flight operations

Air traffic services coordinated

Satisfactory air vehicle inspection

Route/Time/Fuel

DATX and SPAS battery and configuration

Radio links deconfliction

Interna/ External comms – frequencies and numbers

Personal Protective Equipment and fire extinguishers

Service bulletins

FRAT

Threat and Error management

Specific recovery procedures

Emergency scenario - review

GCS initial Setup and Start Checklists

For item 10, use the FRAT below.

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Task 1 - Kidney Bean Mission

Using

Broken link⁠

, 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?

Why is the takeoff point not on the runway? Consider when the wayboard is achieved.

Which waypoint appears unnecessary for landing on RWY 23 at KLAF? Under what conditions might this waypoint be necessary?

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Kidney bean mission plan for KLAF RWY 23.

Kidney bean mission plan for KLAF RWY 23.

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Task 2 - Auto/stabilize handoff

Control transfer follows a three-step callout:

"you have control," "I have control," "you have control.“

Specific calls between UAV Pilot Instructor and student:

"I have the sticks," "you have the sticks," "I have the sticks"

— confirmed by a nudge.

Alerts:

If callout isn't completed in three steps, current commander retains control.

Instructor must release momentary switch in emergencies to assume control formally.

Refer to the control transfer calls above to transfer command of the aircraft in the following scenarios. Repeat these for all group members:

Tips

Under normal operations, the SP will trigger mode changes.

To abort a landing, SP throttle to 100% or press the abort landing button in GCS.

Auto-takeoff

GCS: State intention, direction of circuit, altitude, rally point location.

SP: Read back and confirm GCS intentions.

Stabilize in downwind, continue circuit (aircraft already in infinite auto circuit)

SP: State intentions. Nudge aircraft.

GCS: Confirm nudge seen. Confirm intentions.

SP: Switch to stabilize after a proper countdown. State control

GCS: Confirm SP has control.

SP: Confirm control.

Auto in downwind, perform an SP-triggered aborted landing (go-around) to return to circuit.

GCS: State intentions. Setup GCS for taking control.

SP: Confirm intentions. Switch to auto after a proper countdown.

GCS: State control

SP: Confirm GCS has control

GCS: Confirm control.

SP: Abort auto landing just before flair. State go-around.

GCS: Confirm go-around. Ask for the reason.

SP: State the reason for the go-around. For example, the aircraft was not aligned with the centerline.

GCS: Update mission as required.

Full stop stabilized landing.

SP: State intentions.

GCS: Confirm intentions.

SP: Nudge.

CGS: Confirm nudge seen.

SP: Switch to stabilize after a proper countdown. State control.

GCS: Confirm SP has control

SP: Confirm control

GCS: Update current waypoint as needed.

SP: Land, apply brakes, switch to taxi mode.

GCS: Confirm taxi mode seen. Request SP intentions.

SP: State intentions to switch control with another team member.

Task 3 - Emergencies

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Using section 8 from the ULTRA UAS - SOP above, answer the following questions:

What is the target speed for dual engine failure?

60kts flaps

What is the target speed for single engine failure?

52kts flaps

When should you deploy flaps?

Only if you know you will reach the runway. If put on too soon it will kill the airspeed.

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: Immediately land wherever you can.

Far above ground: Try to get back to take-off point/runway.

Simulated Dual Engine Failure

Without warning, you will experience dual engine failure. It is your responsibility to alert your crew in an effective manner and land the ULTRA in a safe location.

Simulated Single-Engine Failure

Without warning, you will experience a single engine failure. It is your responsibility to alert your crew in an effective manner and land the ULTRA in a safe location.

Task 4 - Post-Briefings

Using

Section D of the ULTRA UAS QRH⁠

above, prepare to deliver a post-briefing to your instructor covering the following sections:

Out-Briefing

Daily De-Briefings

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.

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Task 6 - Lab Out Brief

A quick out brief regarding the lab with you instructor

Deliverables

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.json file of your X-Plane flight plan

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