Team TAC UAV

Team

TAC UAV

Douglas Jones

Billy Cruz

Chase Winegar

Szymon Tuzel

Chris Hitesman

Derek Olson

Team MembersDoug Jones

Team Leader / Pilot

Team MembersChase Winegar

Manufacturing / PrototypeTesting

Team MembersDerek Olson

Electronics / Control Systems

Team MembersSzymon Tuzel

Pod / Pod Mounting System

Team MembersBilly Cruz

CAD Design / Prototype Testing

Team MembersChristopher Hitesman

Electronics / CAD Design

Team AdvisorDr. Kuan Chen

Introduction Focus Design Progress Conclusion

Focus To allow customers to convert any radio-

controlled airplane into a Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TAC UAV) by using a modular control pod.

To make the pod into a self-contained package

To make the pod adaptable to multiple airframes / platforms

Design – Billy Cruz

Outer Shell Thermo-formed polycarbonate plastic Rugged design gives adequate crash resistance

Design – Szymon Tuzel

Mounting System Adaptable to almost any shape of fuselage Some user modification available

Mounting System – Szymon Tuzel

Design – Derek Olson

Electronics Package Arduino / Autopilot GPS Live video feed Altimeter Airspeed indicator Artificial horizon Active monitoring

Design – Derek Olson

Design – Derek Olson

Current Progress Outer Shell has been thermo-formed Electronics package combined, integrated

and tested Crash foam will be tested for various K-

values

Conclusion Focus Design Progress Questions?