Martell Forest Outing #2

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The second outing to Martell Forest after the disastrous ending to the first one. Since many of the notes overlapped I did not take as many as the first time.

This time around, instead of being in the team that helped to set up the UAS, I was in the team that placed the GCP in strategic locations around the mission area, and thus my notes are more focused around that.

Figure 1: The M600 takes flight

Figure 2: Jasper, Lucas, and Hupy inspecting the gimbal


Field Notes:

GCP Placement: use different elevations
1st - 217 near dirt and rock pile on the road

2nd - 943 Next to road and shed

3rd - 491 Next to four cages

4th - 142 along tree edge sw corner clearing

5th - 500 along tree edge se corner

6th - 360 se . Corner bt tall grass and tree

7th - 206 along the tall grass nw of last one

8th - 420 middle middle

9th - 034 north of tall grass on east side

10th - 747 near truck. East of truck

New Drone
M600
Oblique 60 degrees camera angle
Zenmuse x5
Rolling shutter
Shutter priority - instead of auto - set 600
Aperture set to auto
92m or 300 ft
6 m/s
Pix4D
20 - 30 min

Lucas and Jasper are assigned to disassemble and reassemble the drone

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