1. Design Team # 4 Design of low cost flight computer for unmanned aerial vehicles Status Report # 5 Ryan Morlino Chris Landeros Sylvester Meighan Stephen Verschoyle

2. LCav providing a low cost control platform for unmanned aerial vehicles. Project Milestones 1.) Construction of Plane Completed 1.) Construction of Plane Completed 2.) Integrate GPS module into System 3/07/06 3.) Build Communication Base Station3/12/07 4.) Integrate Stability System into Plane3/12/07 5.) Testing3/24/05

3. Completed Tasks Phase 1: Stability Control  Constructed Data Acquisition Board (ver. 2) Phase 2: UAV Construction  Received Micro Camera  Constructed Pan/Tilt Mount Phase 4: GPS Navigation  Developed Flight Algorithm

4. Ongoing Tasks Phase 1: Stability Control  Test Board Design 3/09/07  Coding Kalman Filter3/06/07 Phase 2: UAV Construction  Fabricated Dome for Camera3/11/07 Phase 3: Communication System  Write LabVIEW code for GUI.3/26/07 Phase 4: GPS Navigation  Developing Matlab Model for 3/09/07 Navigation Navigation  Integrating GPS with Microcontroller3/09/07

5. Upcoming Tasks Phase 1: Stability Control  Testing with Sensor Data3/20/07  Statistically analyze test data 3/23/07 to determine process noise to determine process noise Phase 2: UAV Construction  Test Flight 6 & 7 3/10/07  Completely Integrate Board 3/16/07 Phase 4: GPS Navigation  Write sample navigation code3/19/07 for microcontroller for microcontroller

7. Gantt Chart