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Kenneth Jermstad Mike Midkiff Ignacio Santos John Plank Ethan Pratt. UAV TEAM. Design, build, and fly our own unmanned aerial vehicle Switch to autonomous flight Mount a camera. Overall Goals. Ardupilot w/ GPS 9 Channel Remote AXI Brushless motor Battery
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Kenneth Jermstad Mike Midkiff Ignacio Santos John Plank Ethan Pratt UAV TEAM
Design, build, and fly our own unmanned aerial vehicle Switch to autonomous flight Mount a camera Overall Goals
Ardupilot w/ GPS 9 Channel Remote AXI Brushless motor Battery Electronic speed controller Camera Parts Ordered
Bixler • Test equipment • Learn to fly • Basis for performance calculations
Vortex Lattice Analysis • Two programs: AVL and Tornado • Compute induced and parasitic drag • Based on geometry of plane and angle of attack
Gliding Flight Max Rate of Climb Velocity for maximum rate of climb Performance Analysis • Maximum Range • Minimum Sink Rate