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Lab 02 - NIST OTL Flight
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Weather
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Temperature
Real temp: 79F
Feels like: 79F
Open
Wind
East
3.8 MPH
Open
Humidity
47%
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Airport/Airspace
Start
Height
Reference
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LAF (Class D)
09/02/2025 at 1:47 PM EDT
200ft
ALT2N64YS5S0
2h 1m
09/02/2025 at 3:49 pm EDT
Minje Kim, Andrew Heiden, Dylan Vanderploeg, Andrew Lemleya
DJI Mavic 2 Pro
Lab Procedure:
The lab was conducted at Purdue Turf Farm as our group was assigned as group #4 and we were the only group with 4 people. For each turns of procedures, there was a pilot, VO, Timer, and a proctor for instructions to enhance the pilot’s performance and reduce the time recorded as each turns of procedures were timed.
Bucket Diameters
Lane spacings
Visibility
Pilot View
Time limit
8 inches (20 centimeters)
10 feet (3 meters)
Lighted, 300+ Lux
Line of sight (Facine lane optional V.O)
10 minutes
For the OTL itself, a set of buckets, each labeled with numbers and alphabets facing 4 dfferent directions (12, 3, 6, and 9 o’clocks) and angled 45 degrees so that a 45 degrees of gimbal tilt vould fully align with the bucket’s target visualization. The top of the bucket labeled each numbers of the set of buckets it was which we had total of 3, being placed 10 feet apart from each other in a straight line of manner. With maneuvers performed by the pilot instructed by the proctor, the drone would perform all 40 alignments listed, with required landings at a right time with accuracy, as well as each alignments requiring a signle image of the bucket assigned with accuracy. Detailed instructions and buckets to be aligned is carefully disclosed on the logbook within its ‘Instructions Received’ section with some notes taken from the experience. (Logbook can be found 2 tabs above this tab on the pages located in the right side of the screen with its separate tab) The back side of the ‘Scanned score sheet’ which will be attached in the bottom of this page can give much insights and visualization within the maneuvers and the movements of the drone.
Photos:
Score Sheet
Conclustion of Lab 2 - NIST OTL Flight:
Overall the maneuvers I performed throughout my turn was not only successful without any conflicts, but also well excecuted as I scored the lowest elapsed time out of my group. I realized that I didn’t physically look up at the drone much, but rather relied more on the alignment I could visualize from the screen of the controller. I also strongly believe that pilots will not only be able to smoothly perform the maneuvers but also be able to save much time completing the list of required maneuvers with a better relative sense of the drone’s movement based off the pilots’ inputs.
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