Team Members: Michael Peat, Matt Rich,Alex Reifert and Kollin Moore

Date: 09/18/2009

The Neo S-300 is a UAV made by Swiss UAV it is more or less a kit but can be modified in many ways. There are spare parts as well as sensors that are for sale to go with the vehicle. It is a straight forward base vehicle that we can use to complete any task that we see fit.

Technical Specifications: Fuselage:

CSC (Carbon Fiber Sandwich Construction) Fuselage(l x h x w):

275 cm x 95 cm x 86 cm Undercarriage width:

85 cm Rotor:

300 cm, 3 blades Rear rotor:

65 cm, 2 blades Mechanical:

Easy to maintain, modular, encapsulated 90°palloid main gear, 25 mm belt-driven first stage gearbox, 10 mm shaft-driven rear drive, carbon-aluminum construction

MTOW:75 kg

Dry weight:25 kg

Payload:20 kg

Power plant:14 kW electrical engine or turbine

Electrical:Aircraft-approved wiring, MIL connectors

http://www.swiss-uav.com/swiss-uav/products/bneo-s-300bbruav-vtol-helicopterbrsystem.html

I took note of Maya because it has a very unique design that I feel would work very well for what we are trying to do. As can be seen to the right it is only a prototype but the covered propeller and fins caught my eye and I thought we should at least take a look.

Material: CompositeMaximum gross weight in air: 2.5 kgLength: Rotor 320mm Design: RotaryType: AirEndurance (hours at most efficient

cruise speed): 0.5hr Energy source: BatteryEngine type: 600wPropulser: PropellerStatus: Research Prototype

http://www.alcore-tech.com/

This is the FanCopter from EMT Penzberg. It is a very neat design in that it is basically a frame with five propellers, two main and three small ones to steer and provide stabilization. There wasn’t much information about it (iewhat the wires are for) but as can be seen it can carry numerous sensors and could conceivably have a very good power to weight ratio giving it lots of lifting power.

http://guide.auvsi.org/auvsi/index.form#product/421

This is a relatively simple design that could be made to handle our specifications. It is fairly light and small and has protected blades making it perfect for the indoors. Its still a fairly new design but has been proven to work well.

http://www.trekaero.com/Trek_VTOL_OVIWUN_Vehicles.htm

Maximum speed: 36.01 m/sMaximum gross weight in air:

2.86 kgLength: 11,12in Design: RotaryEndurance (hours at most

efficient cruise speed): 0.5hr Energy source: BatteryEngine type: Electric motorPropluser: PropellerStatus: Full Production

The air robot is a four propeller vehicle. It is small and therefore can’t carry much but the design is good and could possibly be “upgraded” so that it is bigger and could carry more weight. It looks like a fairly simple and very stable design which would be ideal for what we are shooting for.

http://www.airrobot.com/englisch/produktvorstellung.php

Weight: < 1 kg

Size: Ø 1 m

Flight duration: up to 30minutes

Payload: 200g

Distance: 500m

Wind load: up to 8 m/s

Platform Manufacturer: Virginia Tech

Flight/Control Mechanism: Quadcopter

Size: 1.5’x1.5’x1’

No known data besides the picture

Platform Manufacturer: Embry Riddle College of Engr.

Flight/Control Mechanism: Rotation of entire body as spinning wing.

Size: 1.5’x0.5’x0.1’

Components◦ X3D-BL-Scientific testbed (quad rotor design)◦ High performance brushless motors and props◦ Lithium polymer batteries (unknown quantity)◦ USB web cam◦ Zigbee module (for wifi)◦ Gumstix Overo Air onboard computer◦ Summit expansion board

Sensors◦ Laser Infrared Detection and Ranging (LIDAR)◦ Ultrasonic range sensor◦ Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)◦ Microphones

Robot will utilize a SLAM algorithm, along with image processing algorithms to avoid obstacles

Sound detection (a.k.a. sonar) will also be implemented

This robot will presumably be entirely autonomous when finished

Estimated cost is 170,000 Indian rupees (about $35,000)

http://cfi.iitm.ac.in/iarc/

Onboard equipment (main robot)◦ Airstar International Mongoose

airframe (appears to be gas-powered)

◦ Rotomotion Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS)

◦ Embedded CPU running Linux◦ GPS unit◦ 3 accelerometers◦ 3 gyroscopes◦ 3-axis magnetometer◦ Camera

Can be controlled manually, or be pre-programmed to follow a set of waypoints

Able to deploy the Structure Entry Reconnaissance Vehicle (SERV) to enter small spaces

SERV equipment◦ 4-rotor airframe, presumably

custom-made◦ 2-2000 mAh lithium polymer

batteries◦ MEMSense nIMU inertial

measurement unit (IMU)◦ Mobisense Systems CMOS camera◦ Hokuyo scanning laser rangefinder◦ Gumstix Overo Fire onboard

computer The SERV uses a Kalman

Filter (KF) and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) algorithm for navigation, which means it is likely autonomous

http://uav.sdsmt.edu/uav.php?cpg=Home

Frame/Hardware◦ Model CB-5000 airframe by Aero-Tec

(Germany) (note that the helicopter is gas-powered)

◦ Custom microcontroller board containing Infineon C167 16-bit microcontroller

◦ System-on-chip: SB-i686 by Compulabrunning Windows XP

◦ Power converter◦ 3-cell, 3 Ah lithium polymer battery pack, lasts

for 90 minutes before recharge◦ RC receiver: DDS-10 by ACT

Onboard Sensors◦ GPS: Model OEM-4G2L by Novatel◦ Ultrasonic rangefinder◦ IMU: GX1 from Microstrain◦ Digital camera: Canon S45 mounted on a pan-

tilt platform All hardware and sensors are contained

in a box made of carbon fiber, which is attached beneath the helicopter

Dimensions: 2.17 m (7.12 ft) long, 0.64 m (2.10 ft) high, 1.84 m (6.04 ft) wingspan

http://pdv.cs.tu-berlin.de/MARVIN/index.html

Fixed wing aircraft Specs◦ 3 m (9.8 ft) long with 4 m (13.1 ft)

wingspan◦ Speeds between 40-90 kph (25-

56 mph)◦ 50 minute flight duration◦ Capable of takeoff carrying 50 lbs

Many universities spend tens of thousands of dollars when developing vehicles; WARG spent less than $3,500

All equipment and software was custom-made by the university

300+ members have worked on this project over the past decade

http://www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/~warg/index.html

Flight/Control Mechanism: Traditional Helicopter

Sensors◦ High Speed Camera◦ IMU◦ GPS◦ Compass◦ Lasar Range Finder

Energy Type: Electric Special Functions:

“Visual Odometer”

Manufacturer of Platform: Schulter Champion RC Helicopters

Flight/Control Mechanism: Traditional Helicopter

Sensors◦ Differential GPS◦ Six IMU’s◦ Video camera◦ Compass◦ Ultrasonic Sonar Altimeter

Energy Type◦ Gas for Main 0.61 cubic inch

motor◦ Electric NiMH batteries for servos

and control board Payload Capacity: 6140g Special Functions: Disc

Retrieval

New Team: Info for base platform they have chosen

Manufacturer of base platform: DraganflyerV Ti

Flight Mechanism: Quadcopter

Size: 30” diameter Energy Type: Electric Special Functions◦ Auto stabilizes◦ Autonomous landing

when battery low◦ Carbon fiber frame

Cost: $800-$900

Flight/Control Mechanism: Traditional Helicopter

Sensors: GPS Size◦ Length: 62”◦ Main Prop Diameter: 60”

Energy Type: Gas 2.76 cubic inch engine

Overall Weight: 46lbs Special Functions:

visual object location

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