Creation of a Vibration Monitoring System MPU-6050 Custom Firmware Fast Fourier Transform APM 2.5 Flight Controller Mount Data Modification of an APM 2.5 Flight Controller Custom firmware allows sampling and storing raw accelerometer data at 1000Hz Mount developed to secure sensor to aircraft FFT performed on data to determine frequency of vibrations

Verticality During Testing TOP VIEW APM 2.5 Placed Here Speaker Z X Y Z-Axis Oriented Verticality During Testing Vibration table created from speaker and frequency generator Data from accelerometer z-axis, oriented vertically Data proves sensor is accurate and samples at 1000Hz

Aircraft Ground Testing Aircraft secured on ground and run for five minutes Data from accelerometer z-axis, oriented vertically Fundamental frequencies at ~51Hz and ~91Hz with others being harmonics Z X Y Z-Axis Oriented Verticality