README with the payload bay's limits and the publication rule; a Payload brief issue template

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+name: Payload brief
+about: Tell us about a payload you would fly in the TerraHawk's belly bay
+title: "[payload] "
+labels: ["payload"]
+body:
+  - type: markdown
+    attributes:
+      value: |
+        The bay is in the belly, about 166 mm behind the CG. A payload of up to about 185 g
+        flies trimmed with it aboard, and a flush cover costs no drag. A drop needs the cargo
+        door, which is not on the first build. Estimates are fine: say what you know.
+  - type: input
+    id: what
+    attributes:
+      label: What is it
+      placeholder: A thermal core on a carrier board
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: textarea
+    id: earns
+    attributes:
+      label: What it earns
+      description: What you would see, measure, carry or deliver, and for whom.
+    validations:
+      required: true
+  - type: input
+    id: mass
+    attributes:
+      label: Mass, g
+      placeholder: 40 (estimate)
+  - type: input
+    id: size
+    attributes:
+      label: Size, mm (length x width x height)
+  - type: dropdown
+    id: power
+    attributes:
+      label: Power
+      options:
+        - None
+        - 5 V
+        - Pack voltage (6S)
+        - Both
+  - type: dropdown
+    id: interface
+    attributes:
+      label: Interface to the flight controller
+      options:
+        - None
+        - UART
+        - CAN
+        - I2C
+        - USB
+        - PWM
+        - Other (say below)
+  - type: dropdown
+    id: mission
+    attributes:
+      label: Mission it flies
+      options:
+        - Survey grid
+        - Loiter over a point
+        - Vertical profile
+        - Point to point
+        - Hover
+        - Other (say below)
+  - type: dropdown
+    id: drop
+    attributes:
+      label: Does it drop
+      options:
+        - Stays aboard
+        - Drops once
+        - Drops several times
+  - type: textarea
+    id: notes
+    attributes:
+      label: Anything else
+      description: Links, a part number, what you have already tried.