Overview

The flight report & data extraction page is used to extract flight data from SKYMATE™. Every time SKYMATE™ is turned on, a new 'flight' is recorded into its black box memory, then all relevant data is recorded under this flight, even when SKYMATE™ is not armed.

This page has two sections:

• The Top part is used to select, preview and download flights from the black box
• The Bottom part is used to display the overview and enter notes before generating a .PDF report.

Flight Recording List & Flight Recording Download 

The flight recording list is located at the top left corner of the flight report & data extraction page. It is a drop-down menu that is composed of all the flight recording available in the autopilot memory. The information displayed for the flight recording is : 

• UID: Unique ID of the flight recording
• Length : Size of the flight recording
  
  

To download a flight recording, select from the flight recording list and click the Download button. A window prompt will open to let you select a folder destination for the downloaded flight recording. Once the folder is selected, a progress bar will appear to inform of the process of the download. The download speed is about 1:7.5, that is 7.5 seconds of flight takes 1 second of download time.

Flight Recording Data

The downloaded flight recording is saved on your disk, in a folder with the following name structure : 

(SkymateSerialNumber)_(FlightRecordingUID)_(YearMonthDay)_(HourMinuteSecond) 

The date and time represent the moment when the flight recording was downloaded.

Each folder will have the same structure : 

• Root Folder / 
  • memory.buffer
  • memory.raw
  • exportFlight-...-...(ID).flight
  • export/
    • ... (3) . csv
    • ... (5) . csv
    • ...

The memory.buffer , memory.raw and exportFlight-...-...(ID).flight are created by the telemetry software as temporary files to create the .csv files, found in the export folder. Each message saved in memory, is saved as a single .csv file identified by the message name and ID.

General Operations Information

This section of the software flight report and data extraction page is used to add further information to the flight recording before generating a flight report.

Some of this section's information is filled by downloading a flight recording : 

• Date : The date and time the flight recording started (only available if the GPS antenna was plugged in during the flight, and if the unit had gathered sufficient GNSS data, that is established a fix)
• Autopilot Serial# : The serial number of the SKYMATE™ unit
• Flight ID : the flight recording unique ID

Furthermore, the map area and flight trace will only be updated once the flight recording is downloaded.

The information to fill up by the user is : 

• Pilot : The pilot's full name
• Aircraft Serial# : The aircraft serial number on which the SKYMATE™ unit was installed
• Location : Flight city, address...

Map Tab

The map will move to the general area where a flight took place when a flight is selected. Once the flight is downloaded, a flight trace will be shown.

Overview Tab

The flight conditions information section presents global data of the downloaded flight recording to give a first glance on flight performance.

The displayed data is : 

• Autopilot Uptime : Time at which SKYMATE™ was powered in hour:minute:second format
• Duration of Flight : Duration for which SKYMATE™ was in flight
• Max Altitude : The maximum altitude during flight (m)
• Max Distance : The maximum distance the aircraft went from its take-off position (m)
• Max Power Consumption : Maximum electric power consumption measured by the Power Monitor
• Lowest GPS : The lowest number of GPS Satellite tracked during flight
• Highest GPS : The maximum number of GPS Satellite tracked during flight
• Lowest Radio Signal : The lowest frame lost average by the Remote Controller (RC)
• Average Power Usage : Average electric power consumption measured by the Power Monitor
• Max Horizontal Speed : The maximum horizontal velocity during flight (m/s)
• Max Vertical Speed : The maximum vertical velocity during flight (m/s)
• Max Voltage : The maximum voltage measured by the Power Monitor
• Min Voltage : The minimum voltage measured by the Power Monitor
• Flight Warnings : Any warnings that happened during the flight

Notes Tab

The "Notes" tab allows users to enter additional information about the flight. The following fields will be saved in the report:

• Temperature 
• Precipitation 
• Wind
• Visibility
• General notes, such as the executed operations

Generate a Flight Report

Before generating a flight report, you must : 

1. Download a flight record or load a .raw file
2. Fill in the associated metadata, in the General Operations Information

Click on the Save Report icon. A window prompt will open to let you select a folder destination and a name for the downloaded flight report.

The flight report is saved in PDF format.