Team 3 Ashwin Shankar Upsham Dawra Samit Sura Joe Katz

Abstract Portable low-cost aerial drone that can be used for reconnaissance Relay real-time video and data, like location, heading, battery life Take high-resolution pictures of the ground in flight Store photos and some flight data in non-volatile memory, á la “blackbox” system. Control drone manually via a control unit

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Commercial Products – Robota Triton UAV Wingspan-58 in. Length – 37 in. Payload Bay 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 in. Price ~ $9000 Video Transmission Module Telemetry Equipment

Packaging Overview Chosen Plane-Apprentice 15e Wingspan – 53 in Length – 37 in Payload Bay Area-4.5 x 3 x 2.5 in. Estimated Price - $1000 53 in 37 in

Packaging Requirements PCB and Video Transmitter module have to fit inside the payload bay area Maximum PCB size permissable is 6.69” x 3” The video transmitter module will need to be ventilated The landing gear bay will carry the camera and the Xbee module PCB 7.5 in Video Transmitter Module 2.87 in Xbee Transmitter Camera 3 in 1 in 1.6 in 10.5 in

Preliminary PCB Footprint 2.5” x 4” PCB XBee module placed outside the PCB GPS Module IMU(0.16” x 0.16”) 1” Compass(0.35” x 0.35”) XBee and Camera Header (UART) 1” 1” Servos Header Microcontroller 1” 5 V regulator 1.5” SD Card Slot Battery Header 1.3” 3.3 V regulator