ES100 MAV Final Project Presentation

ES100 MAV Final Project PresentationElliot PennWill SeverynseNick ProtoDavid PalmerRebecca LevinJason Mei

Goal of ProjectOur goal was to design and fly a Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) that could hold a 20g micro DVR to focus on targets in an area.Learn to use Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0 to design parts of the MAVHave fun!

Requirements of ProjectThe MAV must take off and land from the ground.It must fly for 5 minutes without recharging.It must be controlled by a 2.4GHz transmitter in a 50 x 30 x 20 indoor space.

Preliminary ResearchWe learned about various types of MAVs and watched videos of them in action.We flew the Parrot AR Drone in class.We researched different types of MAVs as well as how to control a fixed-wing MAV in flight.

Use of Google Codehttp://code.google.com/p/es-100-project-mav/Downloading images, sharing Pro/Engineer parts and keeping track of progress

Gantt Chart

http://code.google.com/p/es-100-project-mav/downloads/detail?name=Gantt_Chart_12_11.xlsx&can=2&q= Bill of Materials

http://code.google.com/p/es-100-project-mav/downloads/detail?name=MAV_project_order.xls&can=2&q= Total cost of project: $251.96Purchase and Practice with a Trainer MAV We purchased a ParkZone Night Vapor and used it as a trainer.It is lightweight and ready to fly straight out of the box.

Creation of Computer Models of Parts using Pro Engineer

Assembly Model using Pro Engineer

Actual Construction of Slow StickWe met together to put the slow stick together over a period of three days working for three hours each day.The battery was connected via electronic male and female connectors.The motor as connected to a speed control.The speed control and servos were connected to the receiver.

Practice Flying with Slow Stick

ResultsThe slow stick weighed 455 grams.We designed a camera mount in Pro/Engineer that would be created by a 3d-printer.We successfully got it to fly

Sharing of WorkElliot Penn Group Leader, Creator and Manager of Google Code, Purchase of TrainerDavid Palmer Building of Slow Stick, Purchase of Slow Stick parts, Gantt ChartBecca Levin Bill of Materials, Preliminary Presentation, Final ReportWill Severynse Building Slow Stick, Flying Slow Stick, Kept track of moneyJason Mei Building Slow Stick, Creating pictures of pro engineer parts to share dimensionsNick Proto Final Presentation, building slow stick

*These are just some examples and mostly there were multiple people working together to complete tasks* ImprovementsBetter communicationUse screws instead of tapeFly the plane in safer areas and dont take it to its limitsMore frequent uploads to Google CodeBetter care of Lithium-ion Polymer batteriesSet goals and deadlines

The EndWe all worked together to complete this project.

We consider this project a success

Thanks to Professor Charles Kung for his help in this project