The Amelia Project’s goal is to develop a drone unlike any other on the market. The drone will be equipped with the ability to survey 360 degrees of the lower hemisphere which may be observed by the remote pilot. This pilot controls the drone with a handheld controller along with a virtual reality headset that allows him to survey the 360 degree view below. This new project is leveraging existing drone, virtual reality, and RF video transmission technologies.

The goal of the project is to transmit a high definition 360 degree video to the ground station where the pilot is located. With this, the reduction of latency and guarantee stability of the drone. The project seeks to demonstrate the capability of RF to send large amounts of information over significant distances while still providing a smooth video experience. The drone must satisfy all FAA flight safety considerations and FCC regulations. The expected result is a functional prototype that is presented to Lockheed Martin to demonstrate to the management the effectiveness of these technologies when combined together.

Project Name

Lockheed Amelia Drone

Project Number

P19123

Start Term

2181

End Term

2185

Faculty Guide

Gary Werth

Primary Customer

Lockheed Martin Owego

Sponsor (financial support)

Jim Melby

Planning & Execution

Project Photos and Videos

Imagine RIT

Gate Reviews

Problem Definition

Systems Design

Preliminary Detailed Design

Detailed Design

Build & Test Prep

Subsystem Build & Test

Integrated System Build & Test

Customer Handoff & Final Project Documentation (Verification & Validation)

PRP

Subsystem Requirement Diagram

Working Budget & BOM

Risk Management

Drone Assembly

Payload Assembly

Operation Manual

Project Plan (MSD I)

Project Plan (MSD II)

Technical Paper

Poster

General Use Cases

Customer Requirements

Engineering Requirements

Constraints

House of Quality

Functional Decomposition

System Decomposition

Benchmark (Camera)

Benchmark (Computer)

Benchmark (Drone)

Benchmark (VR)

Pugh Chart (Flight Controls)

Pugh Chart (Gather Video)

Pugh Chart (Send Video)

Pugh Chart (Display Video)

System Architecture

Subject Matter Experts

Base Station Drawings

Hardware Drawings

Drone Assembly Drawing

Drone Weight Measurement

Component Power Requirements

Power Diagram

Parallel Power Supply Model

Drone Wiring

Transmission Gain Diagram

Software Diagram

Software Package

Motor (Tiger Motor MN4012-11 400 KV)

ESC (Multi-Rotor 50A ESC 924050)

Drone Battery (Tattu 30000mAh 22.2V 25C 6S1P LiPo Battery)

Accessory Battery (Omni 13)

Laptop (Acer Nitro V)

Camera (Ricoh Theta V)

Gimbal (Osmo Mobile 2)

Data Transmitter (Rocket 5AC Lite)

Data Transmitter Antenna (5GHz AirMax Omni Rocket Kit)

Data Receiver (NanoBeam 5AC)

Propellers (T-Motor Folding Polymer MF1604)

Drone Platform (Gaui 950H)

VR Headset (Oculus Rift)

Flight Controller (Pixhawk 4 + Neo-M8N GPS)

Power Distribution Board (Pixhawk 4 PMB)

Radio Controller (FrSky Taranis QX7)

Radio Receiver (FrSky X8R)

Shear Failure Analysis

Camera Overheating Analysis

Center of Gravity Considerations

Cross-wind Effect Analysis

Drone Lift Analysis

Throughput Validation (Calculations)

Transmission Throughput Test

Software Demo

Test Validation Matrix