Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems FY13 RWDC National Aviation Challenge Submitted by AERONAUTICAL DOLPHINS Name Age Grade E-mail Phone Numbers (670) Jill Ann 17 11 235-3053 Clariza 17 12 235-1660 Xiao, Stephanie 17 11 785-4083 Xu, Cecilia Huixin 16 10 287-8908 Aglubat, John Paul 18 12 288-2940 Bigueras, Jessica 16 10 233-1964 OBJECTIVE FUNCTION: 232,818.02 Marianas High School CNMI Public School System PO Box 501370 Saipan, MP 96950 (670)664-3800 January 18, 2013 Coach: John Raulerson Marianas High School Mathematics Department and Aviation Department Chair 237-3258 / 235-2568 All the team members have successfully completed all the surveys. Executive Summary Introduction: Small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) are quickly developing in the United States and are authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The option of using an unmanned aircraft to conduct missions is a safer, faster, and easier way of completing dangerous and time-consuming tasks. The pilot of the unmanned aircraft will be controlling the plane without the dangers of being in the air. The US Army has awarded organizations for the use of advancing unmanned aircraft systems. In order to provide the necessary aspects of a sUAS, our design is built around the sensor payload in order to detect the target. In creating the system that is able to detect the target with a sensor payload and a search pattern that the aircraft will follow, detecting and identifying an object is easily achieved. These factors impacted our design solution to keep the system simple, yet effective in locating anything in a designated area. Conceptual Design: In the first phase of our design, it was already necessary for us to think outside the box. We approached the challenge with all kinds of possibilities and brainstormed multiple design solutions in an effort to jump start our design process. First, we identified design categories with the most efficient yet exceptional performance as measured by the Objective Function (T * C). These included: sensor payload, aircraft lift characteristics, weight, and number of aircrafts. We then used qualitative down-select where we identified key design variables which would have the biggest impact on the efficiency of our design. These included: aircraft layout, sensory payload and telemetry selection, UAV(s) search pattern, propulsion system selection, ground equipment selection, and additional UAV equipment. Preliminary Design: During the preliminary design phase, we
Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems FY13 RWDC National Aviation Challenge Submitted by AERONAUTICAL DOLPHINS Name Age Grade E-mail Phone Numbers (670) Jill Ann 17 11 235-3053 Clariza 17 12 235-1660 Xiao, Stephanie 17 11 785-4083 Xu, Cecilia Huixin 16 10 287-8908 Aglubat, John Paul 18 12 288-2940 Bigueras, Jessica 16 10 233-1964 OBJECTIVE FUNCTION: 232,818.02 Marianas High School CNMI Public School System PO Box 501370 Saipan, MP 96950 (670)664-3800 January 18, 2013 Coach: John Raulerson Marianas High School Mathematics Department and Aviation Department Chair 237-3258 / 235-2568 All the team members have successfully completed all the surveys. Executive Summary Introduction: Small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) are quickly developing in the United States and are authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The option of using an unmanned aircraft to conduct missions is a safer, faster, and easier way of completing dangerous and time-consuming tasks. The pilot of the unmanned aircraft will be controlling the plane without the dangers of being in the air. The US Army has awarded organizations for the use of advancing unmanned aircraft systems. In order to provide the necessary aspects of a sUAS, our design is built around the sensor payload in order to detect the target. In creating the system that is able to detect the target with a sensor payload and a search pattern that the aircraft will follow, detecting and identifying an object is easily achieved. These factors impacted our design solution to keep the system simple, yet effective in locating anything in a designated area. Conceptual Design: In the first phase of our design, it was already necessary for us to think outside the box. We approached the challenge with all kinds of possibilities and brainstormed multiple design solutions in an effort to jump start our design process. First, we identified design categories with the most yet exceptional performance as measured by the Objective Function (T * C). These included: sensor payload, aircraft lift characteristics, weight, and number of aircrafts. We then used qualitative down-select where we identified key design variables which would have the biggest impact on the efficiency of our design. These included: aircraft layout, sensory payload and telemetry selection, UAV(s) search pattern, propulsion system selection, ground equipment selection, and additional UAV equipment. Preliminary Design: During the preliminary design phase, we efficient
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