Group 2 Design Proposal

Owned by Aaron Dyck (Deactivated)
Last updated: 2022-09-29 by Aidan Bowers (Deactivated)
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propulsion

  • electric motor

  • VTOL combined with wings to help in fast flight

  • combined wings and rotors

form factor

  • modular (skeleton with removable battery box, electronics box, cabin, etc)

passengers carrying

  • one cabin with 6 people

  • one with more (?)

CV

  • autonmous path finding

  • maybe not autonomous landing?

What should it look like?

Form Factor

  • Combined VTOL or Wings (quad or tri copters)

  • Common mating for different sections of the aircraft for modularity (wings come off) (different sensors)

  • We are split on realism (Ideally realistic)

  • Doors big enough for hands (or passengers slide out for easy access)

1 or 2 drones

  • 1 but with Reduancy (Cameras (?), whole aircrafts, modularity)

How do we control drone?

  • electronics (4 props)

Power

  • Lithium, (solar panels for fun)

Landing Succesfully

  • Landing suspension

  • Good cameras (not black and white) and sensing

  • Stable Props and Base

  • Consistency (Autonomy or pilot practice)

High Speed

  • VTOL with wings

  • Light weight

  • Aerodynamics

Pathfinding

  • GPS

Minimize Weight

  • Material Selection

  • Composites (Light weight while maintaining enough strength)

Foot Print

  • Landing gear has to have some room for error (maybe 6in all the way around)

  • Wings could be larger

Passengers

  • 3D print harness

  • Doors on the side

  • Load quickly (to not cut into time)

Sensors

  • IMU, GPS, Camera (360 view?)

Connectivity

  • Tracking antenna (?)

 

Basically this but maybe 4 props

Trinity F90+ - Fixed-Wing VTOL UAV

Note props fold in for fixed wing flight

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