AT209 Lab 9: BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight)
Description: In this lab, we introduced procedures for flying Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS). To stay within the regulations laid out in 14 CFR Part 107, we could not actually fly out of line of sight, but we simulated this by having the Remote Pilot in Command (RPIC) turn their back to the drone and the Visual Observer (VO) would watch the drone and give commands to the RPIC. The RPIC would have the camera pointed straight at the ground so they could not use that for navigation. The goal was to have the drone take off and fly over three separate targets and take pictures when of them while being guided by the visual observer. This required good communication skills between the RPIC and the VO. We split the lab up into groups of three. One person was designated as the RPIC, one as the VO, and the third was there to time how long it took the RPIC and VO to reach all of the targets and take pictures. The RPIC would fly three runs over the targets, the first one being at a high ...