Title: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
1Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
2Outline
- Our Project
- Project Plan/Accomplishments
- Preflight
- Post initial flight
- Future Developments
3Our Project
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with 7ft Wing Span
- Kestrel Autopilot System
- Autopilot Chip
- GPS Chip
Picture taken by Tyson Remm.
Kestrel Autopilot Chip with modem
Carbon Fiber Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
http//www.procerusuav.com/productsKestrelAutopilo
t.php
4Our Project Cont.
- What we will do
- Incorporate Autopilot into Unmanned Aerial
- Vehicle (UAV)
- Take off and landing with human interface
- While in air, flight controlled by Autopilot
5Our Project Cont.
- Commercial Applications
- Aerial Photography
- Search and Rescue
- Military
- Recreational
Predator Drone
http//www.watchingamerica.com/thenationpk000014.s
html
6Project Plan/Accomplishments
- Preflight
- Evaluate given components (completed)
- Design necessary parts (completed)
- Manufacture unique parts (ongoing)
- Test Components (completed)
- Balance UAV (completed)
- Initial Flight (completed)
7Project Plan/Accomplishments
CFP
Video Recorded by Tyson Remm Edited by James
Jacob Flown by Bryce Ingersoll
8Project Plan/Accomplishments
- Post initial flight
- Make additional parts
- Analysis data from initial flight
- Make any modifications
- Perform additional flights
- Evaluate data
- Incorporate autopilot
- Test autopilot on ground
- Test autonomous flight
9Future Developments
- Analyze additional flight data
- Set control surface movements to ideal limits
- Install autopilot
- Test autopilot control functions
- Test GPS
- Test gyros and autopilot compensation
- Perform test flight with autopilot
10Summary
- Our Project
- Incorporate an autopilot
- Project Plan/Accomplishments
- Flight without autopilot (completed)
- Fly with autopilot
- Future Developments
11Questions
Professor Chen chen_at_mech.utah.edu Bryce
Ingersoll bryce.ingersoll_at_m.cc.utah.edu James
Jacob jamesijacob_at_gmail.com Tyson
Remm. tremmster_at_hotmail.com