This week, the Ensminger Lab collaborated with members of the Flight Systems and Control Lab (Dr. Hugh Liu, UTIAS), Longhao Qian, Kevin Ji-Tong Chen, and Enoch Lo, for an exciting Alta X drone test flight at the Koffler Scientific Reserve (KSR).
Our goal was to execute a full flight mission while tracking drone logs to record performance data. We also installed a dummy payload to simulate sensor weight and assess the stability and lift capacity of the Alta X in preparation for upcoming missions.
The flight was co-piloted by Emilie and Nur, with essential field support from Kristen, Emma, and Rob. It was a perfect day of teamwork, engineering, and plant science coming together under bright blue skies.
