So, lately we have been doing a pretty good job of keeping the blog updated with the big news coming out of the lab. Something we haven't been doing so well with, however, is routine logging of our flights. In the beginning, we did a great job of this but we have tailed off recently (mostly since Dave left us for the nether-regions of New Hampshire). So, in an effort to streamline the process and get us keeping up with it, I have created a new form on Google Docs to make it easy to do and easy to pull data out. The form tracks an array of data points, including flight times, what aircraft are flown, weather conditions, batteries used and their charge condition before and after flight, and, of course, extensive error/failure tracking. All of this data populates into a spreadsheet and an easy-to-use summary page, which will show us things like cumulative flight times and rates of in-flight incidents. And the best part is that it is all accessible from an iPad in the field. So, with all of this in place, I hope that we will have a safer and more efficient operation, and we will be able to readily prove that we do.
If you're interested, take a look at the log system below:
WFU UAS Flight Logging System
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