1. Faculty Advisor: Prof. Costas Armenakis, Prof. Regina Lee Members Gowry Sinnathamby Shahroukh Sotodeh Sriyan Wisnarama Faculty Advisor: Prof. Costas Armenakis, Prof. Regina Lee Members Gowry Sinnathamby Shahroukh Sotodeh Sriyan Wisnarama Team Aerodines

2. © Copyright by “Team Aerodines 2010” Introduction - Goal Low Cost Solution Research Photogrammetry and 3D mapping Commercial Security and aerial imaging. Recreational RC hobby training

3. © Copyright by “Team Aerodines 2010” Overall Progress Assembly of HardwareStabilization Control Software DevelopmentXplane IntegrationIntegration and TestingGUI

4. © Copyright by “Team Aerodines 2010” Hardware All Hardware has been tested Airspeed Sensor added

5. © Copyright by “Team Aerodines 2010” Hardware Assembly Xbee Transmitters Working Soldered Connected to Computers and Transmitting Next step is interfacing Xbee with a computer program(C,Java..ect)

6. © Copyright by “Team Aerodines 2010” Software Stabilization Rough Calibration Equations made from interpreted data Flight Dynamics research in progress Simulations to gather data on plane

7. © Copyright by “Team Aerodines 2010” Obstacles Financial Contingency Reserve Sponsors Mechanical Airplane very fragile Computer chips prone to static and cold Testing Safe area to fly the plane

8. © Copyright by “Team Aerodines 2010” Milestones DateMilestone Completion date and/or Reason for delay Status July and AugustPurchase of chips and AircraftAugust, 24, 2010Completed 13-Sep-10Completion of airframeSeptember 4, 2010Completed 27-Sep-10Wheel and servos are modifiedSeptember 25, 2010Completed 6-Oct-10 Enclosure design and firmware update for IMU The IMU was updated on October 6, but the enclosure design is postponed until design advising is completed. In Progress 13-Oct-10Fit enclosure to the airframeThe Enclosure needed to be finishedIn Progress 31-Oct-10Testing flight with modifications Test flight was not conducted until permission is granted from Aerospace Museum in Downsview In Progress 13-Nov-10 Chip assembly, soldering, mounting The microcontroller was soldered on October 16, and the Xbee units were completed on November 13 Completed 27-Nov-10 Learning API of Arduino, getting chips to respond to test software October 13, 2010Completed 20-Dec-10 Create benchmark to calibrate and interpret IMU readings October 14, 2010Completed 10-Jan-11 Complete pitch and roll stabilization Rough stabilization was achieved on October 15, 2010 In Progress 24-Jan-11 Rough draft of user interface complete -In Progress 7-Feb-11 Final GUI design for user friendly operation completion -In Progress February-April 2011Refinements-In Progress

9. © Copyright by “Team Aerodines 2010” Budget ComponentConditionQuantityCost Alpha 40 TrainerNew1$395.39 Model Plane ArduPilot mega Micro ControllerNew1$67.41 ArduPilot mega IMUNew1$176.90 GPS receiverNew1$40.44 Transmit Antenna + Ground station AntennaNew1$135.76 Cables, hinges, fasteners, and Poster ($80)--$145.42 Total $961.32

10. © Copyright by “Team Aerodines 2010” Project Changes Open Source Kalman Filtering Complexity beyond our level and too short of time Advanced Flight Dynamics considerations

11. © Copyright by “Team Aerodines 2010” Questions