Whale Watching UAV Update and Benchmarking

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Whale Watching UAVUpdate and Benchmarking
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Outline

• Time Line
• Wing Progress
• Benchmarking
• Accomplishment
• Goals
• Fuselage
• Benchmarking
• Accomplishments
• Goals
• Conclusion

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Time Line
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Wing Benchmarking

• Bad Example
• Good Example

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Wing Benchmarking Cont.

• Airfoil
• Skin
• Core
• Support System
• Integration to Fuselage

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Wing

• Cores
• Molds have been received
• Tooling is being made to optimize process
• Polyurethane
• Carbon Fiber Skin
• Experimentation
• Ovens

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Wing Goals

• Nov. 1st First wing section manufactured
• Acceptable Molding Process
• Acceptable Carbon Fiber Process
• Dec. 31st Complete wing manufactured
• Polyurethane Cores
• Carbon Fiber Skin
• Aluminum Spar for support
• Complete Fuselage Interface

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Fuselage Benchmarking

• Similar UAV Designs

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Fuselage Benchmarking cont.

• Landing Gear
• Basic Shape and Size
• Material
• Al vs. Carbon Fiber
• Skin/Waterproofing

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Fuselage Accomplishments

• Basic Design
• Carbon Fiber Box
• I-Beam supports
• External Motor Mount
• Transparent Bottom
• Preliminary Manufacturing Process
• Plate and Bracket Construction

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Fuselage Goals

• Nov. 1st Construct Internal Structure and
  Landing Gear
• Dec. 1st Complete Fuselage Manufactured
• Skin
• Wing Integration
• Landing Gear Integration

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Conclusion

• Time Line
• Wing Progress
• Fuselage Progress