Pre-Flight - VCSEL Mirrors Cleaned and inspected by T. Campos. Laser intensity stabilized at ~1500. - DSM323 came up on first attempt - Replaced Propane handheld sensor batteries. - Lost Research Power on transfer to engines. Full system restart. - Aeros will not launch on L-10 inboard rack. Error Code "Qt platform plugin could not be initialized" Recommend re-install of aeros.
Flight - QCL Aerodyne not working after takeoff Britt S. and Eric A. were able to get it rebooted round 04:40. - Cockpit laptop not getting a data feed from server. Restarting to sync with timeserver fixed the issue. - Right Bus Inverter 3 fault indicator lamp went out. Monitored Inverter Floor Temps, Frequency, Voltage and Current closely for remainder of the flight. All values fell within normal ranges. Remaining 3 inverters held at ~11.2-11.8A for remainder of flight (Total Right Bus Load ~38A) ~0600 - AMS instrument offline. Likely due to PCI card out of alignment.
Post Flight
- Powered up Research Bus once more after shutdown and all inverters came up clean. Will need more time testing on maintenance day to assess inverter status.
Satcom Log 0357 - lost 0405 - reset 0433 - reset 0440 - recovered 0526 - lost 0527 - reset 0540 - recovered 0622 - lost 0623 - reset 0629 - Recovered 0720 - lost 0721 - reset 0733 - recovered 0756 - lost 0758 - reset
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Richard Freeman
Aug 19, 2025RF16 Flight Notes - August 19 2025
Taxi: 0351
Takeoff: 0402
Landing: 0916
Pre-Flight
- VCSEL Mirrors Cleaned and inspected by T. Campos. Laser intensity stabilized at ~1500.
- DSM323 came up on first attempt
- Replaced Propane handheld sensor batteries.
- Lost Research Power on transfer to engines. Full system restart.
- Aeros will not launch on L-10 inboard rack. Error Code "Qt platform plugin could not be initialized" Recommend re-install of aeros.
Flight
- QCL Aerodyne not working after takeoff Britt S. and Eric A. were able to get it rebooted round 04:40.
- Cockpit laptop not getting a data feed from server. Restarting to sync with timeserver fixed the issue.
- Right Bus Inverter 3 fault indicator lamp went out. Monitored Inverter Floor Temps, Frequency, Voltage and Current closely for remainder of the flight. All values fell within normal ranges. Remaining 3 inverters held at ~11.2-11.8A for remainder of flight (Total Right Bus Load ~38A)
~0600 - AMS instrument offline. Likely due to PCI card out of alignment.
Post Flight
- Powered up Research Bus once more after shutdown and all inverters came up clean. Will need more time testing on maintenance day to assess inverter status.
Satcom Log
0357 - lost
0405 - reset
0433 - reset
0440 - recovered
0526 - lost
0527 - reset
0540 - recovered
0622 - lost
0623 - reset
0629 - Recovered
0720 - lost
0721 - reset
0733 - recovered
0756 - lost
0758 - reset