Control Sweep is a quick test of the drone and remote. The pilot should simply move the roll stick to the right,
moving the drone a few feet. Roll back to the left to get back to your original position. Then pitch the drone
forward just for a few feet, pitch it back to the original position. The control sweep ensures that the remote and
drone are communicating properly, without latency. In addition, if the drone lags during this period you could
be flying in a dense wifi environment. A dense wifi environment will subject the drone to vast amounts of radio
interference. If the pilot notices significant latency from inputting the controls to control execution, they should
land immediately.
Battery tests are the ultimate indicator of a safe flight. It is the only true way to determine if your batteries are
safe to fly. The battery test will also account for all environment factors of the flight. Battery percentage will
now account for elevation, temperature, relative humidity, wind or other factors.
To conduct a battery test, as according to the 3rd rule of takeoff, Ram the elevation stick up for approximately 5
seconds. If your aggregate battery voltage drops below 44 volts… Land immediately. For other consumer
drones, you’re looking to see if the battery cell voltage drops below 3.6 volts PER CELL.
The battery test is the ultimate indicator of a safe flight, it is analogous to an “engine run-up test,” on fixed wing
aircraft.
Flying with the hose attached.
Flying the Lucid C1 drone with the hose attached will “feel” different to the pilot. There will be a noticeable
difference in how the drone handles. Agility will be greatly reduced in order to maintain stability.
Pilots will notice the C1 drone will feel more sluggish due to the increased weight and payload of the system.
Pilots must be constantly accounting for “hose drag” when flying the drone, especially when flying further away
from the pump or anchor point. Lucid recommends the pilots should lay out the hose prior to takeoff to ensure
they have the optimum amount of slack on the hose.
If the drone seems to be tilted and appears to be working hard to maintain its position, without input, it could be
due to an excess amount of hose dragging on the ground. The pilot assistant should be constantly checking
the hose to allow for enough slack in the hose line. This will help prevent the drone from working too hard and
using too much battery power. The drone will have drastically reduced flight times if hose management is not
executed during the flight.
Pilots and pilot assistants should be constantly monitoring the hose to ensure the hose does not become
snagged on any potential object. If the hose does become snagged on an object, the Pilot should input
commands to release tension on the hose. Typically this will involve having the pilot move the drone back to its
prior position as to not have increased tension on the hose and drone.
Pilots and Pilot assistant should attempt to have the hose laid out to match the spraying/rinsing flight pattern of
choice. The drone should not be dragging hose line across the ground.
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