1. P07122: Autonomous Quadcopter
Jason Enslin – EE: Team Leader, Circuit Design/Testing
Glenn Kitchell – CE: Programming, Software Design
Richard Nichols – EE: Controls, Sensors, Hardware Interfacing
Courtney Walsh – ME: Flight Dynamics, Propulsion
Jeff Welch – ME: Mechanical Design & Analysis
Dr. Vincent J. Amuso – Team Guide
Sponsors: RIT Honors Program, RIT EE Department

2. Project Description “Home Grown” Customer Needs:
Carry at least a 1 kg load
Ability to fly and hover ft off ground
Active communication between aircraft and ground station
Flight time of at least 10 minutes

3. Considered Concepts Traditional Helicopter Lighter Than Air Vehicle
Positive: Really cool
Negative: Really complicated
Lighter Than Air Vehicle
Positive: Easy to get into the air
Negative: Susceptible to wind, $$$$
Hybrid Helicopter/UFO flying machine
Positive: Simpler to control, challenging
Negative: High risk, little available information

4. Selected Concept

5. Prototype Overview 4 Gasoline (glow fuel) engines
4 Six-inch radius rotors
Aluminum frame
On-board microprocessor, GPS unit, gyroscope, accelerometer, digital compass, etc.
Primary and backup power (3V)

6. Electrical System Diagram

7. Risk Assessment Risk: Will there be enough lift generated?
Extensive calculations made using momentum theory and blade element theory
1.6 HP required to lift approx. 16 lbs
Projected weight: lbs
Suggestions from design review:
Test, test, test (props, air flow, MAV load cell)
Consider longer propeller blades

8. Design Review Summary Mechanical Review Electrical Review
Deflection analysis
Placing of the engines, eliminate driveshaft
Electrical Review
Refine power consumption analysis
Demonstrate stability of control system in Simulink

9. Product Development Phase
Phase 0 – Planning
Phase 1 – Concept Development
Phase 2 – System-level Design
Phase 3 – Detailed Design
Phase 4 – Testing and Refinement
MSD I
MSD II 1 2 3 4
Current Phase

10. State of Design Currently, all customer specifications will be met
Need to ensure lift, power consumption
Current Budget

11. Milestones for MSD II
End Week 2: Detailed design complete, order remaining parts
End Week 6: Prototype completed
End Week 8: Flight testing, design review
End Week 9: Technical paper, poster complete
End Week 10: Project review

12. Demo!