April 21st PWA Outing

 

Introduction:

This was the final outing of the semester for AT 31900 at Purdue University. This outing involved multiple flight crew of two individuals each, with my group being the single group of three due to absences. Data collected was used to make an orthomosaic displaying the differences between using ground control points compared to using Arc Collector. On top of this, the last set of data for comparing the northern burn plots was gathered. All flights were conducted by part 107 licensed operators, under the supervision of Dr. Hupy. All flights were successful with no errors or incident occurring.

Area of Study:

Flight outing was conducted at the Purdue Wildlife Area (PWA), 8000 IN-26, West Lafayette, IN 47906. Flights were done on DJI Mavic 2 Pro’s with the onboard sensor being used. On day of flight conditions were good for flying, except for mild winds. Vehicles operated over burn fields at PWA, as well as over the salamander tanks and construction zone.

Though initially weather was snowy and sleeting, the weather cleared long enough to conduct all flights.

Metadata:

General

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Location:                                                              PWA

Date:                                                                    4-21-21

Vehicle:                                                               Mavic 2 Pro

Sensor:                                                                 Onboard (Hasselblad)

Battery:                                                               MV32

Approval # (LAANC/COA/Waiver)

 

Flight Information

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Flight Number:                                                    4

Takeoff Time:                                                      2:26pm

Landing Time:                                                      2:34pm

Altitude (m):                                                        400ft

Sensor Angle:                                                      0 degrees

Overlap:                                                              80%

Sidelap:                                                                80%

 

Geolocating

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System used (GCP type/PPK)

Coordinate System:                                             6345

 

Weather

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Metar Used:                                                        KLAF

 

Crew

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PIC:                                                                      Red Ooms

VO:                                                                      Matthew Decloedt

Submitter:                                                           John Sayre

 

Figure 1: PWA Arc collector comparison

Figure 2: Burn Plot Comparisons