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Greetings all,
There is a tremendous amount of knowledge here, and as community, it would be really great to develop an app to help new and veteran pilots with a checklist.
I have no clue how to develop an app, but I do believe I could be of assistance in the content. I am sure there are many others who have a lot more experience than I do in piloting quadcopters, and it would be great to gather this wealth of knowledge and consolidate this information into a checklist.
Any and all input welcome.
Here's what I have so far:
FLIGHT PLAN CHECKLIST
- Weather CHECKED
- Airspace CHECKED
- TFR CHECKED
- RAIM CHECKED
- Solar and Electro Anomalies CHECKED
- Cell phone coverage CHECKED
- Firmware updates CHECKED
- Maps Cached (if needed)
- Proposed flight plan CHECKED for elevation, buildings, population and obstructions and alternate LZ
- Story board for film CHECKED
PRE-FLIGHT CHECKLIST
- Batteries CHARGED
- RC CHARGED
- iPAD CHARGED
- RC Cable CHECK for WEAR and TEAR
- RC Antennas CHECK for WEAR and TEAR
- iPAD Holder CHECK for WEAR and TEAR
- Props CHECK for WEAR and TEAR
- Prop Motors CHECK
- Inspire Arms CHECK for WEAR and TEAR
- Inspire Fuselage CHECK for WEAR and TEAR
- Gimbal CHECK for WEAR and TEAR
- Camera CHECK for WEAR and TEAR (filter installed if needed)
- Micro SD Card INSTALLED
BEFORE STARTING ENGINES CHECKLIST
- Find a smooth launching surface
- INSTALL Battery
- RC turn ON
- Inspire 1 turn ON
- DEACTIVATE Travel Mode
- Inspire 1 TURN OFF
- RC turn OFF
- Gimbal Cap from Inspire 1 REMOVE
- Camera Cap from Camera REMOVE
- Camera on Inspire 1 INSTALL
- iPad INSTALL onto the RC
- iPad Cable CONNECT
- iPad Turn ON
- iPad signal CHECK
- Activate DJI Pilot App
- RC turn ON
- Inspire 1 turn ON
- Satellite signal CHECK
- IMU values CHECK (calibrate if necessary)
- Compass values CHECK (calibrate if necessary)
- Camera reception CHECK
- Camera settings CHECK
- Camera orientation settings CHECK
- Flight Mode CHECK
- Install Props
STARTING ENGINES CHECK LIST
- Call CLEAR PROPS
- START ENGINES
- Warm engines for 20 seconds
- Recording START
- Call CLEAR AREA FOR TAKE OFF
- Hover CHECK
- Orientation lights CHECK
- Rotate LEFT 90 Degrees
- Rotate RIGHT 90 Degrees
- Strafe LEFT 3 ft
- Strafe RIGHT 3 ft
- Fly FORWARD 3 ft
- Fly BACKWARDS 3 ft
- Rotate Camera LEFT 90 Degrees
- Rotate Camera RIGHT 90 Degrees
- Tilt Camera Down to a FULL STOP
- Tilt Camera UP to a FULL STOP
- Auto Camera forward CHECK
- Landing gear RAISE
FLIGHT/CRUISE CHECKLIST
- Monitor battery, distance, altitude and obstruction clearance at all times
LANDING CHECKLIST
- Call CLEAR FOR LANDING
- Landing gear LOWERED
- Check for any obstructions
- Land Inspire 1
- Check for Props to fully stop
- Recording STOP
- RC turn OFF
- Inspire 1 Turn OFF
QUICK TURN CHECKLIST
- Replacement battery fully charged CHECK
- RC turn ON
- Inspire 1 turn ON
- Satellite signal CHECK
- IMU values CHECK (calibrate if necessary)
- Compass values CHECK (calibrate if necessary)
- Camera reception CHECK
- Camera settings CHECK
- Camera orientation settings CHECK
- Flight Mode CHECK
- Refer to STARTING ENGINES CHECKLIST
SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST
- CHECK RC turn OFF
- CHECK Inspire 1 Turn OFF
- iPad OFF
- Props REMOVE and STOW
- Camera REMOVE and INSTALL cap
- Gimbal cap INSTALL
- iPad cable DISCONNECT and STOW
- iPad REMOVE and STOW
- RC turn ON
- Inspire 1 turn ON
- Travel Mode ACTIVATE
- Inspire 1 turn OFF
- RC turn OFF and STOW
- Battery REMOVE and STOW
- Inspire 1 STOW
POST FLIGHT CHECKLIST
- Micro SD card REMOVE for download
- Gimbal and Camera INSPECT
- RC Re-Charge
- RC Antennas INSPECT
- RC Body INSPECT
- iPad Re-Charge
- iPad INSPECT
- Props INSPECT
- Motors INSPECT
- Inspire 1 Arms INSPECT
- Inspire 1 Fuselage INSPECT
- Batteries Re-Charge
There is a tremendous amount of knowledge here, and as community, it would be really great to develop an app to help new and veteran pilots with a checklist.
I have no clue how to develop an app, but I do believe I could be of assistance in the content. I am sure there are many others who have a lot more experience than I do in piloting quadcopters, and it would be great to gather this wealth of knowledge and consolidate this information into a checklist.
Any and all input welcome.
Here's what I have so far:
FLIGHT PLAN CHECKLIST
- Weather CHECKED
- Airspace CHECKED
- TFR CHECKED
- RAIM CHECKED
- Solar and Electro Anomalies CHECKED
- Cell phone coverage CHECKED
- Firmware updates CHECKED
- Maps Cached (if needed)
- Proposed flight plan CHECKED for elevation, buildings, population and obstructions and alternate LZ
- Story board for film CHECKED
PRE-FLIGHT CHECKLIST
- Batteries CHARGED
- RC CHARGED
- iPAD CHARGED
- RC Cable CHECK for WEAR and TEAR
- RC Antennas CHECK for WEAR and TEAR
- iPAD Holder CHECK for WEAR and TEAR
- Props CHECK for WEAR and TEAR
- Prop Motors CHECK
- Inspire Arms CHECK for WEAR and TEAR
- Inspire Fuselage CHECK for WEAR and TEAR
- Gimbal CHECK for WEAR and TEAR
- Camera CHECK for WEAR and TEAR (filter installed if needed)
- Micro SD Card INSTALLED
BEFORE STARTING ENGINES CHECKLIST
- Find a smooth launching surface
- INSTALL Battery
- RC turn ON
- Inspire 1 turn ON
- DEACTIVATE Travel Mode
- Inspire 1 TURN OFF
- RC turn OFF
- Gimbal Cap from Inspire 1 REMOVE
- Camera Cap from Camera REMOVE
- Camera on Inspire 1 INSTALL
- iPad INSTALL onto the RC
- iPad Cable CONNECT
- iPad Turn ON
- iPad signal CHECK
- Activate DJI Pilot App
- RC turn ON
- Inspire 1 turn ON
- Satellite signal CHECK
- IMU values CHECK (calibrate if necessary)
- Compass values CHECK (calibrate if necessary)
- Camera reception CHECK
- Camera settings CHECK
- Camera orientation settings CHECK
- Flight Mode CHECK
- Install Props
STARTING ENGINES CHECK LIST
- Call CLEAR PROPS
- START ENGINES
- Warm engines for 20 seconds
- Recording START
- Call CLEAR AREA FOR TAKE OFF
- Hover CHECK
- Orientation lights CHECK
- Rotate LEFT 90 Degrees
- Rotate RIGHT 90 Degrees
- Strafe LEFT 3 ft
- Strafe RIGHT 3 ft
- Fly FORWARD 3 ft
- Fly BACKWARDS 3 ft
- Rotate Camera LEFT 90 Degrees
- Rotate Camera RIGHT 90 Degrees
- Tilt Camera Down to a FULL STOP
- Tilt Camera UP to a FULL STOP
- Auto Camera forward CHECK
- Landing gear RAISE
FLIGHT/CRUISE CHECKLIST
- Monitor battery, distance, altitude and obstruction clearance at all times
LANDING CHECKLIST
- Call CLEAR FOR LANDING
- Landing gear LOWERED
- Check for any obstructions
- Land Inspire 1
- Check for Props to fully stop
- Recording STOP
- RC turn OFF
- Inspire 1 Turn OFF
QUICK TURN CHECKLIST
- Replacement battery fully charged CHECK
- RC turn ON
- Inspire 1 turn ON
- Satellite signal CHECK
- IMU values CHECK (calibrate if necessary)
- Compass values CHECK (calibrate if necessary)
- Camera reception CHECK
- Camera settings CHECK
- Camera orientation settings CHECK
- Flight Mode CHECK
- Refer to STARTING ENGINES CHECKLIST
SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST
- CHECK RC turn OFF
- CHECK Inspire 1 Turn OFF
- iPad OFF
- Props REMOVE and STOW
- Camera REMOVE and INSTALL cap
- Gimbal cap INSTALL
- iPad cable DISCONNECT and STOW
- iPad REMOVE and STOW
- RC turn ON
- Inspire 1 turn ON
- Travel Mode ACTIVATE
- Inspire 1 turn OFF
- RC turn OFF and STOW
- Battery REMOVE and STOW
- Inspire 1 STOW
POST FLIGHT CHECKLIST
- Micro SD card REMOVE for download
- Gimbal and Camera INSPECT
- RC Re-Charge
- RC Antennas INSPECT
- RC Body INSPECT
- iPad Re-Charge
- iPad INSPECT
- Props INSPECT
- Motors INSPECT
- Inspire 1 Arms INSPECT
- Inspire 1 Fuselage INSPECT
- Batteries Re-Charge