Team 2: Q !

1. Team 2: Q! Senior Design Project November 19, 2008

2. Outline • Our Project • Design • Schedule

3. Outline • Our Project • Team Members • Project Summary • Applications • Design • Schedule

4. Team Members Ian Hoffbeck Christian Swenson Tom Kok • Brett Pennings

5. Project Summary • Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) • Autonomous Navigation and Stabilization • Manual RF Override • Optical Camera Sensor • Emergency Parachute • Application: Calvin College Biology Department

6. Applications • ScientificData Collection • Cartography • Search and Rescue • Hobbyist Aerial Photography

7. Outline • Our Project • Design • Constraints • Challenges • Schedule

8. Design Constraints • Power • FAA Regulations • Payload Weight • Timeframe • Budget

9. Challenges • Staying Under Budget • Durability • Interfacing Electronics • Motion Blurring • Stabilization and Navigation • User Interface • Unforeseen

10. Outline • Our Project • Design • Schedule • Tasks Accomplished • Contacts • Budget • Work Planned

11. Schedule

12. Tasks Accomplished • Researched Similar Projects • Social Networking • Created Gantt Chart • Chose Airframe (Bellanca Decathlon) • Purchased Electronic Components • GPS Test PCB • Entered Calvin BizPlan Competition

13. Contacts • Rob Meyer – GE Aviation • Keith Stetter – Northrop Grumman • Chris Hansen – U. Ill. Urbana Champaign • Alyssa Iverson, Mike Kokuba – GVSU

14. Budget

15. Work Planned • Purchase Remaining Components • Test and Integrate Compoents • Desired Heading Algorithm • Design Control Systems • Update Website

16. Q? Questions?