Drone Preflight - Phantom 4 RTK

• Document No.

• Pleasants Drone Model

  drone 3

  drone 4

• Client / Site

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

• Operator

Site Assessment

Pre-Departure

• Licenses & Registration Current& on-hand

• Batteries Fully Charged

• Airspace Type

  Select Type G Type B restricted authorization on hand Type A no flight allowed Type C restricted authorization on hand Type D restricted authorization on hand

  • Type G
  • Type B restricted authorization on hand
  • Type A no flight allowed
  • Type C restricted authorization on hand
  • Type D restricted authorization on hand

• Special Flight Area

  Select None Restricted Warning Military Operating Area (MOA) Alert Area Controlled Firing Area National Security Area

  • None
  • Restricted
  • Warning
  • Military Operating Area (MOA)
  • Alert Area
  • Controlled Firing Area
  • National Security Area

• Weather Checked

• GCPs/ AeroPoints Strategically Placed

Flight Planning

DJI GSR Settings

• New Mission Photgrammerty 2D

• Height 250-400ft (80-120m)

• Speed Adjust for flight time > 10 min

• Shooting Mode Distance shooting

• Finish Return to home check hight

Camera

• Photo ratio 3:2

• White balance

  Select Cloudy Sunny Water Farm

  • Cloudy
  • Sunny
  • Water
  • Farm

• Gimbal angle -90

• Shutter priority Enabled ~1/1000

• Distortion correction Disabled

Advanced Settings

• Horizontal & Vertical Overlapping ~75%

• Margin Manual Set to 0

• Course Angle (yellow dot) Flight time > 10 min

Larger Sites & Corridors

For Larger sites:

• AeroPoints 1-3 every 150 acres

• AeroPoints +1 for every add'l 50 acreas

For Corridor flights

• AeroPoints 1 every 3/4 mile (1 km)

• AeroPoints 1 at start/ end

• Local Grid Known point at midpoint (length)

• AeroPoints Laydown &power on

• Aircraft Setup & inspect

• Aircraft MicroSD card installed

• Aircraft Insert fully charged battery

• Controller Antennae vertical

• Controller P Mode

• Pilot Flight safety brief

• Controller Power on

• Aircraft Power on

Survey

DJI GSR App

• Mission Create / edit flight plan

• Altitude Clear of obstacles

• Mission Save changes

Flight

• Takeoff area Clear

• GSR App invoke mission

• Aircraft Always monitoring

Post-flight

• Aircraft Power off

• Controller Power Off

• AeroPoints Press button & collect Last Set pickup first

• Aero Points Connect to hotspot(propeller)

• Computer Import & review images

Data Upload

• AeroPoints Check GCP uploaded data

• Images Upload complete DJI folder

• Data Processed within 24 hrs