1. Fuel Cell UAV 2016 PROJECT ADVISORS DR. ZHANG AND DR. DEMUREN
TEAM LEAD
MARYAM AMER
MAE TEAM MEMBERS
MITCH DEIGHAN
COREY GUILBAULT
KRISTA SAUNDERS
JOHN SHAW
RYAN DUDLEY
GASTON GATETE
COLBY HENSON
BRADLEE GARANT
GEORGE PORTILLIO

2. Overview Project Background Project Schedule Construction Progress
Airframe
Catapult
Flight Management
Fuel Cell
Future Work

3. Background Limited Life Expectancy of Battery during flight
Fuel cells provide the potential for long range flight performance
Proof of Concept Mission

4. Gantt Chart

5. Construction Progress – Airframe
Skywalker X8 Flying Wing delivered
Assembly of two airframes at any given time
Aerodynamics-modeled in XLFR5 and Solidworks
Optimized component layout

6. Construction Progress – Catapult
Initial planning
Several versions
Final product
Extensive testing
Testing after each version
Improvements made
Final product tested with and without realistic weight
Would like to increase power
Consistent and controlled launch
Want to make it go further
New elastic
Cranking system

7. Flight Management - Training
Parrot AR Drone Quadricopter 2.0
ParkZone Ember 2 RTF Aircraft
Phoenix RC Pro Simulator - Delta Wing

8. Construction Progress – Fuel Cell
Testing performance of Hydrostiks and flow rate through fuel cell
Looking into different wiring options for the fuel cell (series/parallel)
First learned how to refuel hydrostiks
Then had to work basic fuel cell theory in order to determine proper amount of flow rate from Hydrostiks
Hydrostik Pros: Instead of storing hydrogen in a compressed bottle form, the hydrostik pro binds the hydrogen with a metal alloy along the wall to
form a solid metal hydride.
However we’ve been testing the performance of the hydrostiks to determine the proper flow rate for the fuel cell.
One hydrostik just isn’t quite enough to power the fuel cell. Theoretically the more hydrogen we have the closer we
will be to the power demand of 100 watts

9. Future Work Ground Testing Minor Redesigns Flight Demonstrations
Starting Friday 02/12/2016
Minor Redesigns
Flight Demonstrations
Starting: 03/1/2016

10. Questions? PRESENTERS: MARYAM AMER MITCH DEIGHAN GASTON GATETE
RYAN DUDLEY
GEORGE PORTLLIO