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Progress was slow this week and the Project Lead, Cheng, took the time to teach Ariel and Kristen about the main aspects of UAV Forge. This includes the basic Pixhawk Mission Planner Software (the one Avionics didn’t program), preflight checklist procedures, the quadcopter configuration procedures, auto-flight testing, and flying the quadcopter prototype manually. Propulsion is purchasing a model tilt rotor …
The project is up and running to get the plane assembled and flying. Propulsion was working on the tilt rotor’s motors and swash plates. They have synchronized the two motors’ speed so that they spin but they are not sure if the spinning is the same. The propellers must spin at the same rate (revolution per minute) to produce equal …
Welcome back! Our first meeting of Spring 2018 begun with a review of our project goal and picking up where we left off last quarter. Before all that, our project leader Cheng announced that a transition in administration for the next school year will occur at the end of Spring. This transition is something for our members to keep in …
The Winter Design Review is here! Our team leads and members came to showcase our project and support the other wonderful design projects here on campus. A few companies came around our table, about our Avionics team and the general progress we’ve made with our project. From this quarter, the Peer Review determined the top seven projects that would give …
UAV Forge has made a task timeline to help synchronize each of the team’s progress. It’s a definite eye-opener on where the work is being down and why some teams are behind in their tasks. Week 4 is another result of slow progress. The Propulsion team has assembled and tested the plane’s 2nd motor. They encountered an unusual balancing issue. …
With final exams chasing our heels, UAV Forge wraps it up for the year. Here are the last tasks the teams have completed and their goals for next quarter. The Propulsion team has nearly completed a prototype structure of the tilt rotor set up. They have confirmed that the tandem software for the tilt rotor controller is working, but the …
Propulsion team has finished testing the tilting mechanism and coded the geometry into a micro-controller so that the servo rotates the entire rotor. Next, they will use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with the AVL. Mechanical Design has modified the landing skids of the previous prototype iteration and they have completed a third iteration of prototype is complete. The new frame …
We have a new 3D printer to help 3D print our parts! Propulsion team designed and printed the tilt rotor joint that allows the housing to rotate. To fit the joint into the housing, they had to cut rotor’s metal frame. Next they will work on the new flight controller and problem-solve some issues with the low servo angular range …
UAV Forge has had some interesting developments so far! The Propulsion team has been performing tilt-rotor spiral mode analysis to find ways to control how the plane moves. In addition, they want to create a new gimbal and test bench to experimentally prove their research ideas. The Mechanical Design team is working on designing three parts of the plane. First, …
Each step we take, no matter the size, is a step forward to achieving our goals. This week has been busy as the members of UAV Forage juggle homework assignments, midterms, and the project itself. The Propulsion team has repaired an quad copter from our old works with a 3mm pure CF plate frame to do research on helicopter propeller …
