CREATORS OF THE KODIAK U of I Senior Design Project Intro August 27, 2015 Jamie Slippy – Principal Engineer, Kevin Breneman – Flight Test Engineer

Quest Aircraft Company Sandpoint Idaho

Quest Aircraft Company History Started in 1998 –Provide an airplane for Missionary and Humanitarian organizations –Must burn jet fuel –Operate from short, unimproved fields –KODIAK ® 100 First Flight, October 16, 2004 FAA Type Certificate, May 30, 2007 FAA Production Certificate, September 15, 2009 Over 150 KODIAK ® 100s produced to date 3

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Dynamically Scaled Model Project Dynamically Scaled Models –Accurately Scaled Dimensions –Accurately Scaled Mass Properties –Accurately Scaled Available Power Results in Accurately Scaled Flight Dynamics –The motions of the model can be used to predict the motions of the full-scale airplane. –This can allow determination of the full-scale flight characteristics prior to building and flying a full-scale prototype. Reduces Risk –Increased Safety: Major design problems can be identified and fixed without risking a pilot/crew using a vehicle that is much less likely to cause severe damage to people or structures on the ground in the event of a crash. –Reduced Cost: Identifying and fixing problems earlier in the design process reduces the cost of the fixes, and increases their effectiveness. 5

How Can You Help? Quest Aircraft Company Senior Design Proposal –Design a flight management and data acquisition system to fit in a 1/5 scale KODIAK ® 100 airplane model –Build and Install the system in a test bed aircraft model –Assist in the flight testing of the system –This system will then be used to help design and build the next Quest Aircraft Company Airplane Multidisciplinary Project –Mechanical Engineers –Electrical Engineers –Computer Scientists 6

Specific Skills Required Mechanical Engineers –Linkages –Load Cells –Mechanical mounting of sensors and hardware Electrical Engineers –Electrical hardware: sourcing, integrating, designing Computer Science –Software Integration: telemetry, data collection and storage, data display 7

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