System Description
- Nate
- Feb 27, 2017
- 3 min read
Welcome back. This week we will be covering the system description. This is a simple yet cumbersome section. At first glance it looks like you should up load a picture and select your aircraft from a drop-down menu. In fact, there are quite a few .docx file you must create and then upload to each section. Even if your aircraft does not have certain features. Let’s go over each section and I’ll show you each of the documents you can upload to them.
Select Aircraft: Is easy.
Upload image: This is not a random picture from the internet. You need to take a picture of your aircraft and upload it.
Attach Description Of Aircraft System: This document should go over every aspect of your aircraft. Model, weight, hovering accuracy, max angular velocity, max tilt angle, max assent speed, max descent speed. This is a long list of items depending on your manufacture they may have this information online or in the owner’s manual. Email us at squadronoptics@gmail.com and we can help with this long list.
Control Station:
Handheld Control Transmitter:
The pilot’s transmitter operates on the consumer 5.725~5.825 GHz:2.400~2.483 Ghz frequency band, and uses spread-spectrum technology. The link between pilot and UAV is secure, and the UAV will not fly until this link is renewed each time the UAV is powered up. Two separate control links are established on power-up. Control range greatly exceeds line of sight (Operators are trained to never fly beyond line of sight). Transmitter and receiver comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
The pilot’s transmitter also uses a telemetry signal from the UAV to warn of low battery voltage, and a flight timer.
Handheld Camera Control
The Optional Camera Control transmitter operates on the consumer 5.725~5.825 GHz:2.400~2.483 Ghz frequency band, and uses DJI Lightbridge spread-spectrum technology. The link between operator and UAV is secure. Two separate control links are established on power-up. Control range greatly exceeds line of sight (Operators are trained to never fly beyond line of sight). Transmitter and receiver comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
The camera transmitter is identical to the pilot transmitter and can function as a backup and uses a telemetry signal from the UAV to warn of low battery voltage, and a flight timer.
Communication Systems:
This document goes over the type of communication system meaning the type of communication between the flight controller and the control station. The Flight controller is the chip or computer that is inside the aircraft that controls the flight. The control station is the hand transmitter that the pilot holds to control the aircraft.
The communication system document with cover: Max transmission distance, Equivalent Isotorpically Radiated Power. (EIRP), operating frequency, Dimensions, weight, antenna gain, built in battery, operating current, operating temperature, charging temperature, video output ports. It covers so much in detail.
Other:
This is the section that will cover any additional systems you have. So an example is your lighting system for night operations. You will have a description of your light, lumens, power source, manufacturer and pictures. Pictures are important and need to be included with this document for addition items that are added to your drone that do not come from the manufacturer.
Aircraft Registration:
This Is the easiest section to fill in. If you don’t know your registration number and your filling out a COA then you should stop where you are never fly.
Well I know this is a lot of information and we are always here to help you with this process. Email us and we are happy to help.
Next we will cover Performance Characteristics. Thanks for joining me this week this is Nate signing off, drink whisky, fly drones, shoot guns, (but not at the same time) and have fun in life. Semper FI
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