Flight Testing Overview
From here you can find a journal of flights for the NexSTAR fleet. In the date folders, plots and descriptions of objectives for the day are provided.
See the RECUV channel on You Tube for fun and informative videos of our flights.
| 17 Sep 2008 | NexSTAR-1 PTH Sensor Testing using NCAR MIST sondes in each wing tip |
| 02 Oct 2008 | RSSI measurements of MNR-1 with NexSTAR-1 and using large battery pack |
| 14 Oct 2008 | Cooperative tracking of moving ground vehicle, and more RSSI measurements using different flight patterns |
| 17 Oct 2008 | RSSI Chaining of two static nodes, vertical stacking of two NexSTARs with two independent flight systems and crews |
| 28 Oct 2008 | RSSI Chaining of two static nodes |
| 01 Mar 2009 | Sonde flight at Pawnee National Grasslands for the CoCoNUE experiments |
| 13 Mar 2009 | Cory's RSSI chaining experiments at Table Mountain |
| 21 Aug 2009 | Tempest payload testing at Table Mountain |
| UA | # of Flights | Total Flight Time (hrs) |
|---|---|---|
| NexSTAR-0 | 21 | 1.67 |
| NexSTAR-1 | 36 | 6.69 |
| NexSTAR-2 | 26 | 8.44 |
| NexSTAR-3 | 23 | 5.54 |
| NexSTAR-4D | 0 | 0.00 |
| Totals | 106 | 22.33 |
Checklist and Flight logs
NexSTAR Checklist and Flight Log
