Field Outing 2: M600

Field Notes:

For this outing we performed a series of flights. The first flight was flown by Evan and done with a 60 degree tilt on the camera in a grid pattern in order to get the best coverage of the field. The second flight was flown Nadir in a polygon. 

MetaData:

Sky Conditions: high clouds, clear skies down at altitude

Winds: 5kts sout east winds gusting to 8.6kts

Altitude: 90m

Date: 4/2/19

Platform: DJI Matrice 600

Sensor: Zenmuse x5

Pilot: Evan Hockridge

Flight Duration: 12 minutes

GCPs

The following is the identifier and placement of each GCP in the field. 

1. 217 was located near the northwest corner of the field.
2. 943 was near the shed on the west side of the field
3. 491 was near the cages that are on the west end of the field
4. 142 was in the southwest corner
5. 500 was near the south east corner of the field in an opening
6. 360 was on the east side by a series of tall and dead weeds
7. 205 was on the east side in the middle of the field
8. 420 was in the dead center of the target area
9. 034 was near the middle of the field, east side
10. 747 was in the northeast corner by the truck and starting point of the flight

Image 1: Placement and set up of the drone