Project PHOENIX: Testing Drone

Teams

Firmware, Mechanical, Electrical

Integration Owner(s)

@Andy Meng@Aaron Dyck (Deactivated)

Project Owners

@Sahil Kale @Anthony Luo @Dhruv Upadhyay @Matthew Visser @Steven Wang

Contributors

Stakeholders

Objective

Design a quad copter airframe to be used by the firmware team to perform flight and systems testing that is low cost, durable, and can be quickly repaired.

Due Date

Jul 8, 2022

 Problem Statement

ZeroPilot does not have a consistent platform to test on. Currently, only 2 drones that are cheap enough to fly with ZP onboard are Spare and Parts, both of which are getting old and not designed for ZP specifically. The goal is to make a small, cheap, and durable drone that can be easily assembled by the firmware team and mass-manufactured if required due to crash testing.

Project Details

 Timeline Version 1

16-May202223-May30-May06-Jun13-Jun20-Jun27-Jun04-Jul11-JulProject Kick-offDelivery Deadline
Electrical
Firmware
Mechanical

Firmware Tests

Develop Prototype Plans

Spec Components

Create initial prototypes

Perform Testing

Develop Iterated Prototype

 Timeline Version 2

19-Sep202226-Sep03-Oct10-Oct17-Oct24-Oct31-Oct07-Nov14-Nov21-NovReady For Firmwar…New Design Loop (i…
Electrical
Firmware
Mechanical

Iteration 2

Firmware Tests

Review Needs Assessment

PID Tuning On Rig

Full Flight Tuning (?)

Develop Prototype Plans

Spec Components

Create initial prototypes

Perform Testing

Develop Iterated Prototype

Review Needs Assessment

Mechanical Design

Iteration 2

Create Additional Prints

 Milestones and deadlines

Milestone

Owner

Deadline

Status

Milestone

Owner

Deadline

Status

Have initial testing drone finish

@Megan Spee

Sep 30, 2022 (Soft)

Oct 7, 2022 (Hard)

 

Motor temperature test

@Anthony Luo

Oct 7, 2022

 

Prop Guard Iteration

@Megan Spee @mech

Oct 7, 2022

 

Mass manufacturing (Three complete drone parts)

@Megan Spee

@mech

Oct 21, 2022

 

Registration

@Aaron Dyck (Deactivated)

Oct 21, 2022

 

Test Flights

@Aaron Dyck (Deactivated)

Oct 21, 2022

 

Final Product (Commercially ready)

 

To be set

 

 Reference materials