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Drone Operations- Generic Preflight Planning and Checks

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Overview

This is supplemental information to the specific flight checklists for each drone.

Existing Obstacles:

  • Cranes over construction
  • WOSU tower and guidewires
  • 315 corridor
  • Radio tower near target and 315
  • Airspace restrictions 

Pre- flight objectives:

  • Measure the heights of the existing obstacles. If needed, learn how to get a waiver for increased flight height for this project.
  • Create all flight plans at once to ensure optimal coverage is reached per flight.
  • Fly all flights within a few working days. Maximizing the flight time near solar noon.
  • Ensure there will not be re-flights because of overlapping collection requests. 
  • Minimize number of times a base station is moved in planning.
  • Plan to fly the most challenging flights first (flights with outlined obstacles above). 
    • The first flight in a few months should always be a routine refresher. This point assumes pilot flight currency.