Flyability ELIOS - Pre-flight and Takeoff Checklists

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2.2 Pre-flight checklist
As on August 2016, this checklist presents the steps that has to be followed before every flight.
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All personnel surrounding the operation has been briefed about safety using the Basic Safety Rules
Whilst in Operation and are aware that they should avoid any pilot perturbation / loss of focus.
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Environmental conditions are respecting the limitation exposed in the Environmental Awareness.
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Flight plan defined.
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Camera SD card empty or with at least 2GB memory is inserted inside Elios.
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Flight log SD card empty or with at least 2GB memory is inserted inside Elios.
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Controller is charged at sufficient level.
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Tablet is charged at sufficient level.
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Elios is visually in a proper condition.
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Propellers are tight on the motors and spin freely.
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Camera lens is clean.
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Altitude hold is on (unless flying environment requires manual altitude control).
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A fully charged and in visual proper condition battery
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is tightly connected to the robot and secured
with the strap. The strap does not touch the Flybeam.
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Open Elios cockpit and make sure the live video feed is streaming correctly.
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Camera and LED control from the GCS is working.
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Battery voltage higher than 12.4v.
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Register the flight in the flight logbook
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2.3 Takeoff checklist
As on August 2016, this checklist presents the steps that has to be followed whilst taking off.
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Elios is being held by the pilot
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From now on, no foreign object or body parts should be inside the cage
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Start the screen recording
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Arm Elios
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Wait for the upright position. If last for more than 5s, disarm and turnoff Elios. Check the
troubleshooting or contact Flyability
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Make sure the camera is recording
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Check its flying behavior (up/down, left/right, forward/backward, CW/CCW rotation)
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Open Elios cockpit, you are Go flight.
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Please refer to the Battery handling, charging and transportation document available on MyFlyability
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Available on MyFlyability