The goal of this MQP was to design, build, and fly a UAV that can successfully complete the four missions of the AIAA DBF 2017 competition while optimizing the team’s score and meeting the general competition requirements. The UAV was an electric-driven, radio controlled aircraft that must be powered by nickel batteries, and fit inside a fixed-dimension, watertight launch tube in a folded storage configuration. The UAV must be capable of unfolding from the storage configuration to the flight configuration without the use of any tools, all moveable components be self-locking and self-aligning. The UAV must complete three flight missions that evaluate aircraft speed and the ability to carry a payload and one ground mission.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• DiMilia, Michael Salvatore
• Korza, Alexander Gabriel
• Hlavenka, Thomas John
• Li, Yutong
• Chernin, Samantha Clay
• Donahue, Jamie Marie
• Almeida, Miguel Goulart
• Brown, Alex Joseph
• Asare, George Akuamoah

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042617-180757

Advisor

• Linn, Anthony B.

Year

• 2017

Sponsor

• AIAA Foundation

Date created

• 2017-04-26

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Aerospace Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright