ATLAS Field Dossier 2026.07.03 — Unmanned Systems Storage Media

ATLAS guidance for Perry-class drone storage: aircraft card as primary evidence record, controller card as secondary convenience storage, U3/V30 microSDXC as field minimum.

SOURCE RECORD // READY

Date
ID
FI-LOG-011
Type
atlas-report
Object
Perry / PEREGRINE aircraft media cards
System
Consumer UAS / DJI Mini-class aircraft / DJI RC storage workflow
Status
ATLAS field guidance / operator verified
Associated dossier
PEREGRINE Drone Experiments / FI-PROJ-004

SYSTEM OUTPUT // FIELD INSTRUMENT

atlas-report field dossier PEREGRINE Perry drone DJI Mini microSD storage media evidence record aircraft record

>CARD PRIORITY

IF ONE CARD IS AVAILABLE // INSTALL IN AIRCRAFT SLOT. AIRCRAFT CARD PRESERVES THE PRIMARY FLIGHT RECORD. CONTROLLER CARD REMAINS SECONDARY.

>AIRCRAFT MEDIA

PRIMARY RECORD // CLEAN CAMERA FILES // FULL-RESOLUTION PHOTOGRAPHS // RAW WHEN AVAILABLE // FULL-BITRATE VIDEO. TREAT AIRCRAFT MEDIA AS THE NEGATIVE.

>CONTROLLER MEDIA

SECONDARY RECORD // CACHE // SCREEN RECORDINGS // SCREENSHOTS // PREVIEWS // EXPORTS. USEFUL FOR HANDLING. NOT THE PRIMARY FLIGHT RECORD.

>SPEED FLOOR

MICROSDXC // U3 // V30. DJI MINI-CLASS 100 MBPS VIDEO WRITES AT ROUGHLY 12.5 MB/S. V30 SUSTAINS 30 MB/S AND LEAVES FIELD HEADROOM FOR HEAT, AGE, CARD FULLNESS, AND MARGINAL MEDIA.

>CAPACITY FLOOR

64 GB // SHORT-MISSION MINIMUM. 128 GB // RECOMMENDED CHEAP ANSWER. 256 GB // TRAVEL, MAPPING, OR DELAYED OFFLOAD. 32 GB // CRAMPED.

>USED MEDIA

AIRCRAFT SLOT PREFERS NEW OR TRUSTED MEDIA. FAILURE MODE IS SILENT RECORD LOSS: COUNTERFEIT, WORN, HEAT-CYCLED, OR PARTIALLY CORRUPTED. USED SPARES BELONG IN CONTROLLER SLOT FIRST.

>DEPLOYMENT

BEST CARD TO AIRCRAFT // FORMAT IN DJI SYSTEM // CONFIRM REMAINING RECORD TIME // FLY // OFFLOAD AIRCRAFT CARD FIRST // CONTROLLER CARD AFTER.

>PROVENANCE

ATLAS SYNTHESIS FROM OPERATOR EXCHANGE // NORMALIZED INTO PERRY / PEREGRINE DOSSIER // HUMAN JUDGMENT PRIMARY // MACHINE OUTPUT PRESERVED AS PROCESS EVIDENCE.

INSPECTABLE SOURCE // CANONICAL

ATLAS // Field Dossier // 2026.07.03

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