P09122: MAV_2

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Table of Contents

1 Project Overview
2 Administrative Information
3 Related Information
4 Team Members
5 Team Documents

Project Overview

The goals of MAV flight have changed significantly in the last few years. The initial focus was small endurance vehicles, smaller then 15cm(6in), capable of simple video target acquisition. It has recently transitioned to larger aerial vehicles, smaller then 80cm(31in), capable of autonomous flight for extended distances, GPS and video target acquisition and sensory retrieval data. For 2008-2009 the MAV development has been broken up into two separate senior design projects: one for the Airframe, Structures and Propulsion, and the second for the Control System. Together the two teams will develop a single vehicle capable of being used for future MAV development, with the end goal of entering the US/European MAV Flight Competition with a fully autonomous MAV. The focus of this project is to design and build a flight control system for the Micro Aerial Vehicle, that will lead to a fully autonomous system.

Administrative Information

Project Name: Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) Control System
Project Number: P09122
Project Family: Micro Aerial Vehicle
Track: Aerospace Systems & Technology
Start Term: 2008-2
End Term: 2008-3
Faculty Guide: Dr. Jeffrey Kozak (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
Faculty Consultant: Dr. Agamemnon Crassidis (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
Primary Customer: Dr. Jeffrey Kozak
Secondary Customer: EMAV Competition
Customer contact information: Email: jdkeme@rit.edu; Phone: 475-2148

Related Information

**Related Information**
Name	Website
2009 MAV Platform	https://edge.rit.edu/content/P09121/public/Home
2009 MAV Structure	https://edge.rit.edu/content/P09123/public/Home
2008 MAV Competition	http://www.dgon.de/content/pdf/emav_2008_Rules_v07.pdf
2008 MAV Platform	https://edge.rit.edu/content/P08121/public/Home
2007 MAV Platform	https://edge.rit.edu/content/P07121/public/Home
2007 Autonomous Quadcopter	https://edge.rit.edu/content/P07122/public/Home
2006 MAV Platform	http://designserver.rit.edu/Archives/P06007/index.html
2006 MAV Propulsion	http://designserver.rit.edu/Archives/P06002/index.html
2005 MAV Platform	http://designserver.rit.edu/Archives/P05001/index.html
2004 MAV Platform	http://designserver.rit.edu/Archives/P04001/index.html

Team Members

**Team Members**
Name	Field	Role
Erik Bellandi	Mechanical Engineering	Project Manager
Ben Wager	Mechanical Engineering	Lead Engineer
Garrett Argenna	Mechanical Engineering	Flight Controls and Test Stand Design
Tahar Allag	Electrical Engineering	Electronics and Test Stand Design
Michael Pepen	Electrical Engineering	Electronics and Test Stand Design
Stephen Nichols	Computer Engineering	Controller Integration and Programming
Ramon Campusano	Computer Engineering	Controller Integration and Programming