Timeline
- Feb 14. Flight Test #1: prop flew off. Flight Test #2: Quad flipped over
- Jan 30. First visit of 2013 to NuCap.
- Jan 14. NuCap receives their kit: The Turbo Ace X830D C-RTF (Ready to Fly?) What a beast!
- Jan 11. In class unboxing of the AeroQuad Cyclone Kit
- Dec 19. Dr. Chris Roscoe (RSGC '02) visits the ACES to discuss his education path and a Texas A&M project involving a quadcopter he worked on.
- Dec 18. Received preliminary design from NUCAP.
"The width of this shape at the furthest two points is about 47 inches and the simulated weight of this shape is about 7.8 lbs. In addition to the weight of this frame, we need to add the weight of the electronics control / motors / blades / legs / battery / camera bracket and camera. I hope I am not missing anything else.
Our designer recommends sourcing a motors to lift about 30 lbs so I am not sure you will be able to get those at the hobby shops. However, if you can get the controls at a hobby shop, we will need to know if the controls / electronics can support 4 larger motors. We can source the motor from an industrial supplier if we cannot get from the hobby shop."
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- Dec 14. Ordered Cyclone ARF Kit from Aeroquad
- Nov 26. First meeting of ACES at NUCAP facility
Links
Reality dictates that the project remain based on the Arduino. We have other commitments both in this course and others. To have the best chance of having the vehicle take flight by the end of February we should stay within our skill set.
Physics
Videos
PDFs
AeroQuad Cyclone Frame