1. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 1 University of Portland School of Engineering Project Osprey RC-VTOL Team Aaron Duane Jesse Fledderjohann Hilary Henderson Chris Hope Advisor Dr. Ward Industry Representative Mr. Walt Harrison

2. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 2 University of Portland School of Engineering Overview Introduction Scorecard Additional Accomplishments Plans / Milestones Issues / Concerns Conclusions

3. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 3 University of Portland School of Engineering Introduction RC-VTOL: Remote Controlled Vertical Takeoff and Landing Combines advantages of helicopters and airplanes Complex control processing RC: perspective changes Combined use of Off-the-shelf components and custom software

4. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 4 University of Portland School of Engineering System Layout Diagram

5. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 5 University of Portland School of Engineering Scorecard Theory of Operations to version 1.0 Telemetry Software complete and tested –Minor drift from gyroscopes, otherwise perfect Control Software complete but not tested –Code complete but requires hardware integration testing Final airframe layout complete –Airframe build out underway

6. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 6 University of Portland School of Engineering Additional Accomplishments Sensor calibration procedure completed –Calibrate bias voltage on gyros Flight Dynamics equations calculated –6 th order ODE’s –Tested successfully Control hardware wired and tested All radio links tested successfully –Control radio, telemetry radio, camera radio

7. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 7 University of Portland School of Engineering Plans Complete control software testing Integrate control software and hardware Complete airframe Install sensors and radios on airframe Final testing / Flight?

8. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 8 University of Portland School of Engineering Milestones NumberDescriptionOriginal 11/1/07 Previous 2/26/08 Present 3/25/08 1Pre approval9/7/07 2Functional specification 1.010/5/07 3All parts arrive11/15/07 10/5/07 4Project Plan 1.011/9/07 11/8/07 5Design review12/7/07 12/4/07 6Theory of Operations 0.902/8/08 7Theory of Operations 0.952/15/08 8Theory of Operations 1.02/22/082/27/083/3/08 9Independent Systems Tested3/3/083/14/083/26/08 10Final Testing3/14/083/21/083/31/08 11Founders Day4/8/08 12Final Report 0.904/11/08 13Final Report 0.954/18/08 14Final Report 1.04/25/08 Exceeded Timetable Met Timetable Behind Timetable Not Complete

9. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 9 University of Portland School of Engineering Concerns/Issues Airframe problems –Static test demonstration Hardware failure –Video of all tests, successful or otherwise

10. EE/CS 480 Fall 2007 10 University of Portland School of Engineering Conclusions RC-VTOL: software based flight system Software 99% complete Hardware 98% ready Time for systems integration and testing Questions?