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The Airframe A project will build 6 of the Aero Design Team instructional planes. This design is smaller than the proposed vehicle platform of the family and will not carry a large payload. However, the aircraft will be used by the other groups to test lightweight, initial concepts of their projects. This design should be modified as needed, and used to characterize flight dynamics to assist in future design work. The top level goal of this project is to develop a robust aeronautical platform with a high success rate and extreme ease of interchangeability of costly components amongst copies of itself. A large portion of work will be in optimization and redesign.

Specific roles and responsibilities of varying team members will be divided according to academic major and course training.

Aerospace Engineering:

• Iterate Airframe Design for Robustness and Optimization

• Select Method of Propulsion

• Train to Fly Aircraft

Structures Engineering:

• Structural analyses on airframe

• Assess and Iterate Design Specifications: Materials, Connectivity

• Optimize Interchangeability of Costly Components

• Begin Design Iteration of Landing Gear

Electrical Engineering:

• Specify Control Interface Components to be Purchased

• Applications Engineering of Surface Control Units

• Control System Design and Reverse Engineering of Analog Components

• Calibrate User Interface for Increased Pilot Ease

Industrial Engineering:

• Procurement of laser cutting machine

• Assist in installation of laser cutter and understand full operational potential of said machine.

• Recognize and develop manufacturing plan for construction of Airframes A and B.

Airframe A

Project Name

Airframe A

Project Number

P09231

Project Family

Open Architecture, Open Source Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Imaging Systems

Track

R09230

Start Term

20082

End Term

20083

Faculty Guide

Dr. Jason Kolodziej (ME)

Faculty Consultant

Dr. Jeffrey Kozak (ME)

Primary Customer

RIT/KGCOE; Dr. Edward Hensel

Mission Statement

Staffing Requirements

Intellectual Property Considerations

Project Schedule and Roles

Required Resources

Finances

Identify Customer Needs

Concept Design Review Documents (SD I)

Detailed Design Review Documents (SD I)

Managerial Design Review Presentation (SD I)

Technical Conference Publication (SD II)

Poster Publication (SD II)

Managerial Design Review Presentation (SD II)

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