A multirotor mounted solution was sought to drop salt on winter rooftop ice dams, allowing backed-up meltwater to flow through and prevent water damage. Two mechanisms were developed and prototyped. The prototypes had rapid interchangeability and a unified static multirotor mount. One mechanism deploys seven standard throw-able ice pucks, while the other deploys 48 oz of granular ice melt. They are controlled manually by one transmitter/receiver system. Both mechanisms function as intended.

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Creator

• Shoneck, Riley Adam
• Arata, Stephen Robert
• Weeks, Mitchell Roy

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-032116-143753

Advisor

• Sullivan, John M.

Year

• 2016

Date created

• 2016-03-21

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright