UAV Summer Plan

• Pre Summer (Till 05-17-2026)
  • Test drone + boat communication (at Couch Park) → Sunday 05-09-2026
    • Re-modify GPS antenna
    • Setup RSSI display for second radio
    • Replace camera cable
    • Remount heltec antenna + setup different frequency range
  • Tighten up drone sim and tidy up repo
  • Purchase drone floatation mechanism
  • Drone + Boat lake test (05-16-2026)
• Summer (05-18-2026 - 08-10-2026)
  • Hardware Modifications (05-18-2025 - 05-31-2026)
    • Radar altimeter installation
    • Floatation mechanism installation
    • Tin drop-off mechanism
    • Remote ID installation
  • Object Detection Module (06-01-2026 - 06-14-2026)
    • Simulation + Hardware implementations
    • Objectives:
      • Model that can detect buoys, landing pad and colored circles for tin dropoff
  • Landing Pad Manufacturing (06-15-2026 - 06-21-2026)
    • Purchase spray paints, laser-cut acrylic stencil and paint landing pad
  • Precision Landing Module (06-22-2026 - 07-05-2026)
    • Software implementation of precision landing module in sim and hardware
    • Verify during flight test at couch park
  • Software implementation of drone + boat mapping (07-06-2026 - 07-26-2026)
  • Implement tin drop-off (07-27-2026 - 08-10-2026)
    • Verify tin drop-off works at flight test
      • Sim might be a stretch goal