Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
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Outline

• Our Project
• Project Plan/Accomplishments
• Preflight
• Post initial flight
• Future Developments

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Our Project

• Given

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
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Our 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

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Our Project Cont.

• Commercial Applications
• Aerial Photography
• Search and Rescue
• Military
• Recreational

Predator Drone
http//www.watchingamerica.com/thenationpk000014.s
html
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Project Plan/Accomplishments

• Preflight
• Evaluate given components (completed)
• Design necessary parts (completed)
• Manufacture unique parts (ongoing)
• Test Components (completed)
• Balance UAV (completed)
• Initial Flight (completed)

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Project Plan/Accomplishments

• Flight

CFP
Video Recorded by Tyson Remm Edited by James
Jacob Flown by Bryce Ingersoll
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Project 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

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Future 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

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Summary

• Our Project
• Incorporate an autopilot
• Project Plan/Accomplishments
• Flight without autopilot (completed)
• Fly with autopilot
• Future Developments

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Questions
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