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Below is a checklist of what you need to keep in mind when it comes to data acquisition Multiexcerpt include macromacro_uuiddc4a4a63-4945-454e-99fc-52a0bd8e6b88nameChecklist Data Acquisition Online Flights and Offline FlightstemplateDataeJyLjgUAARUAuQ==pageSTARTVOLAT:Checklist Data Acquisition PV thermographyaddpanelfalse

✏ Before flight day

  •  Make sure that all info requested in Checklist solar plant data PV has been sent to Volateq
  •  Volateq team informed you that the flight routes are ready for your site
  •  make sure your RTK service is active and connecting on your drone. For more info see: RTK and NTRIP setup
  •  We recommend using the VolaFly Drone App. Instructions on how to install it on your drone controller can be found here: VolaFly App: Download and installation
  •  Check if you have a fast enough SD card. Recommended SD cards: SanDisk Extreme 128GB V30 microSDXC or SanDisk Extreme Pro 128GB V30 microSDXC

✏ Conditions and preparations before drone flight

  •  weather:
    •  Wind speed below 5 m/s
    •  Less than 10% of sky are covered by clouds. If a cloud casts shadow on parts of the solar field during the drone flight, the flight has to be repeated some 10-15 minutes after the cloud has left
    •  The weather is clear and sunny, no clouds, with irradiance (plane of array POA) > 650 W/m2
  •  solar field:
    •  The solar field has to be in full operation, make sure there is no clipping in any part of the solar field at the time of flight.
      Defects can only be detected by thermography for operational modules. All other modules will be shown as “open circuit”
    •  Solar field is clean. Solar field cleanliness > 0.97 (less than 3% soiling losses)  
    •  Only for tracking PV field:
      •  make sure to complete your flights within no more than 2 hours before or after solar noon.
      •  all modules must be at the same tracking angle. modules with tracking angles diverting from the nominal value cannot be evaluated
  •  No shadowing of adjacent rows during flights - especially in winter!

Drone:

After flight

  •  Upload data to the analysis for your plant in Volateq’s WebApp; go to analysis, select current analysis and upload data: https://app.volateq.de/analyses

Further Reads:

VolaFly App: Download and installation

Volafly App: Flight mission execution