Field Outing at Dr. Hupy's

For our lab, our class was to take video and pictures of Dr. Hupy's property. This data is going to be used for analyzing later on. The platform of use was a Yuneec H520, an orange hexacopter. While there, the ground station made a flight plan and started the flight. Before this, our class was taken around his property setting down ground control points (GCP). These are marked points on the ground that have a known geographic location. If used, GCPs must be visible in these aerial photos, so we had to place them in locations that would not be blocked by trees or other obstacles. We placed a total of 9 of these points variously around his property, remembering where they were put. For these GCPs, once done, the team is pick up the pads in the opposite direction that they placed them. For instance if you were to number them 1-9 and placed them down in sequential order, you would pick them up from 9 to 1. Once set down the drone was lifted off and started its mission. It was a success with not mishaps or incidents.