UAV & Drone Manufacturing worked example

Camera Alignment Time at 12% setup, fixture, and boresight retry allowance: a worked example

What does the result look like when setup, fixture, and boresight retry allowance reaches 12%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. Use it when camera alignment time in uav and drone manufacturing is changing rate or allowance and you want to see the impact.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Cameras to align this run: 120 units (unchanged)
  • Aligned cameras per minute at the station: 12 units / min (unchanged)
  • Setup, fixture, and boresight retry allowance: 12 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 10)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base camera alignment time = camera alignment time workload รท camera alignment time completion rate) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11.2 hr for required camera alignment time, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 10 hr for base camera alignment time.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 % for camera alignment time allowance applied.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 12 pieces / min for camera alignment time completion rate.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where setup, fixture, and boresight retry allowance sits at 10% and the headline result is 11 hr, this scenario comes in 1.82% above the baseline at 11.2 hr.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when setup, fixture, and boresight retry allowance is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It assumes a steady average alignment rate; first-article boresight, thermal soak waits, or a mis-calibrated target board can blow past the allowance and require a re-estimate.

Results at a glance

  • Required camera alignment time: 11.2 hr (headline result)
  • Base camera alignment time: 10 hr
  • Camera alignment time allowance applied: 12 %
  • Camera alignment time completion rate: 12 pieces / min

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Camera Alignment Time calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.