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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 …
Propulsion team has designed a cable guard that prevents wires from getting caught in the tilt rotor’s gears. They had 3D printed the joint and installed it on the tilt rotor prototype. Mechanical Design has showed their progress the new fuselage design and has completed one prototype of the electronics housing (seen in the picture above). A second, better iteration …
The Propulsion team is still working on mirroring the control signal of the left tilt rotor to the right rotor. The team is also working on the battery cage for the tilt rotor prototype. Mechanical Design has completed one phase of FEA on the plane’s frame. Using a static deformation simulation, they have calculated the frame can withstand a 1000N …
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 …
Midterms are still hitting our members at UAV Forge so our progress has been slow. Propulsion team was tackling some issues with in the plane’s stability. The PixHawk controller for the tilt rotors was causing the plane to tilt more extremely than expected. This was fixed by changing the PixHawk’s compensation polarity sign. Another issue was found with the TH-2 …
Propulsion team has calculated the drag coefficients on each of the plane’s components. Using a mathematical model, the drag build up at sea level with a wind velocity (from infinity) of 50 ft/s. The team found that the landing skids produce the most drag compared to the wings, horizontal tail, vertical tail, fuselage, and naucelle. The Parasitic Drag Coefficient tested …
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. …
This week, UAV Forge has begun working to improve their organization and task-management system. With a progress discussion with the UCI Senior Design Project management, we were motivated to improve our work by addressing the lack structure we have in this project. As they say, you’ll only get what you put in. So we are working hard to accomplish our …
Propulsion team have successfully got one of the tilt rotors to function with the flight controller by fixing electrical gain and polarity of the set up. They discovered that the autopilot mechanism and the controller operate on opposite polarity, meaning the signals are impeding each other. The team also reworked the joints of the quadcopter prototype to reduce the vibration …
UAV Forge kicks off Winter 2017 with our first meeting last Friday. Our leader, Cheng, has big goals for our teams: to be one of five projects selected to present at the Winter Design Review. Cheng wants to exhibit each of the team’s best work.The project has been making good progress and Cheng believes the team can complete the major …
