Mavic 2 Pro Field Outing Report

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Week 13 Mavic 2 Pro Training and Field Outing Report­­­­­


Introduction:

During week 13 of AT 209, our class met at the North end of Martell Forest near Purdue University. During this lab our flight groups demonstrated our proficiency with the Mavic platform through a series of maneuvers and practices described by Professor Hupy. The first practice we had to demonstrate was the ability to fly at different altitudes and manually set the under/over exposure of photographs. The next maneuver I had to demonstrate was taking a 360-degree picture of the horizon at 400 feet. And the las maneuver demonstrated was flying the perimeter of Martell Forest while taking pictures, while being cautious of hazards including other flight crews, power lines, trees, and anything else that may interfere with flight.


Field Outing:

Figure 1: This picture is a good representation of the vegetation at Martell Forest during flight with the Mavic 2 Pro

Vegetative cover at Martell Forest was a grassland that included small shrubs, weeds, and plants. Hazards included other Mavic 2 Pro Flight crews, a tree line around the entire mission area as well as a road and powerlines located to the North of the area. It was important to work with other teams to determine good altitudes to fly at to avoid other crews and to announce “clear prop” before initiating flight to let other crews know we were ready to take off.

 

 

Weather conditions:

Prior to my mission with the Mavic 2 pro the weather was recorded at 4 degrees Celsius. Upon arrival there was dew covering the vegetation, however by the time my Mavic was in the air the vegetation was relatively dry. My crew had visibility of 10 miles and nearly no wind.

 

Temp.

Visibility

Wind

Crew 1

5 C

10 miles

N/A

 

 

Issues

There were no issues during flight.

Images

Figure 2: This picture depicts the view from a Mavic 2 pro at an altitude of 100 feet. 

Figure 3: This picture depicts the view from a Mavic 2 pro at an altitude of 200 feet. 


Figure 4: This picture depicts the view from a Mavic 2 pro at an altitude of 300 feet. 


 

Figure 5: This picture depicts the view from a Mavic 2 pro at an altitude of 400 feet. This Photo is also over exposed and shows the importance of having the correct camera settings to get quality pictures for the mission being conducted. In this picture it is hard to see what is needed.



 


Figure 6: This picture depicts the view from a Mavic 2 pro at an altitude of 100 feet. This Photo is also underexposed and shows the importance of having the correct camera settings to get quality pictures for the mission being conducted. If you take a photo like this during a mission it can be considered not useful because it is hard to see what is going on.

  





Figure 7: This is a collection of photographs that depicts the view of the horizon from a Mavic 2 pro at an altitude of 400 feet.


Figure 8:  These two photographs depict my flight around the perimeter of the Martell Forest area. Showing that I am proficient with the controls and able to navigate the aircraft around how I intend to.

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