UAV Flight Demo showing Display of LIDAR Terrain Data: 11/18/2017

Demo Overview

The objective of this demo activity was to develop a custom iOS Ground Control Station (GCS) for a DJI UAV (specifically a DJI Phantom 3 advanced) showing Terrain information relative to the altitude of the UAV.

Test Flight Environment Overview

• UAV: DJI Phantom 3 Advanced
• Flight Speed (MPH) : 15 MPH
• Flight Altitude(Feet about Takeoff Altitude) : 250'
• Takeoff Altitude (WGS84 feet) : ~750'
• River Altitude (WGS84 feet) : ~600'

DJI Custom GCS View Video

GCS Configuration

• Apple iPad Pro
• Left View: Custom GCS Application
• Utilization of DJI API's to communicate to the UAV
• Utilization of UTM-like Web Service API's to communicate to the UTM-like Server
• Post Telemetry
• Get TerrainData
• Right View: Custom UTM FlightView Application
• Utilization of UTM-like Web Service API's to communicate to the UTM-like Web Server
• Get Telemetry
• Get TerrainData
• Local Services
• AC to AC Conflict Detection
• Flight Data Mirror
• Terrain Overlay Mgmt
• Aircraft Simulator

UTM

UTM Configuration

• Apple Macbook Air
• UTM-like Webserver providing UTM Web Services
• UTM FlightView Application

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