UAV Forge has been working hard before final exams catch you to our members.

The Propulsion team has finalized the left side of the tilt rotor prototype. Using a remote controller, the rotor can make a 90 degree rotation. Now the team will work with the Avionics team to complete the other side and mirror the controls.

The mechanical design team encountered some problems performing an FEA on the plane’s frame but the team has successfully meshed the CAD model. The team also working on designing the housing for the electronics. The housing will sit inside the frame and be supported the by frame’s rods. They are also working on streaming the new fuselage for the newest frame, seen in the picture above.

The fabrication team made great progress in making the plane come to life. They are aligning the wings, 3D printing the joints of the frame, cutting the frame’s carbon fiber rods, and finishing the control surfaces.

Ground Station has completed their first iteration of the GraphWidget function of UAV Forge’s GUI mission program. The team is working on a Mission Planning and Execution functionality using their new QWidge-based library. The team is also working on project documentation using Doxygen and Asta. To increase work efficiency, Ground Station has re- evaluated their progress and decided to pause their work on the network code and concentrate their efforts on other issues, such as merge conflicts.

The Avionics team has ordered parts for the prototype battery switching circuit and contacts for the modular connectors that are needed for the tilt rotor prototype.

The team has compiled the Pixhawk 4 firmware on Linux but after modifying the code, they have issues compiling it. To help Ground Station with their work, Avionics is researching on an ArduPilot/Pixhawk 4 codebase. Lastly, they will finish up the power writing of the tilt rotor.