{"id":643,"date":"2022-04-09T22:17:28","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T22:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/?p=643"},"modified":"2022-04-09T22:17:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T22:17:28","slug":"4-9-2022-test-flight-of-pixhawk-implementation-and-energy-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/2022\/04\/09\/4-9-2022-test-flight-of-pixhawk-implementation-and-energy-consumption\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/9\/2022: Test Flight of Pixhawk Implementation and Energy Consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-644 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_3097-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_3097-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_3097-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_3097-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_3097-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_3097-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-645 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_3101-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_3101-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_3101-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_3101-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_3101-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/IMG_3101-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The team conducted the first test flight of the semester on Saturday, April 9th, utilizing the AL37 aircraft. The goal was to conduct a test flight with the new Pixhawk implementation and utilize the QGroundControl software to gather energy consumption data, with the aircraft at steady-level flight. The electronics system performed as expected and the team saw no disconnection issues between the ground computer and the Pixhawk in the air. The flight lasted for roughly 4 minutes 30 seconds before the battery was reported going low and the aircraft was brought in for a landing.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-643-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/20220409_121606.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/20220409_121606.mp4\">https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/files\/2022\/04\/20220409_121606.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The flight revealed some issues that we can improve on with the AL37. These issues include making some adjustments to the wings, fixing some issues with the flaps, and putting a vinyl livery on the aircraft so that it is easier to keep track of in the air. The goal is to conduct a second flight in 1-2 weeks to gather pressure data in a rate-of-climb test.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team conducted the first test flight of the semester on Saturday, April 9th, utilizing the AL37 aircraft. The goal was to conduct a test flight with the new Pixhawk implementation and utilize the QGroundControl software to gather energy consumption data, with the aircraft at steady-level flight. The electronics system performed as expected and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2998,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2998"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":647,"href":"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643\/revisions\/647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m2i.aere.iastate.edu\/boeingelectric\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}