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A vertical take-off and landing aircraft is one that can hover, take off and land vertically.
This project attempts to create a VTOL drone which is in the shape of a conventional aircraft.
The main aim is to study, develop and understand the engineering ideas behind Vertical
Take-Off.
Creating the drone in the form of a conventional aircraft that takes off and lands vertically which increases the range for applications.
Vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) craft requires less physical space and infrastructure to get into the air compared to traditional planes. That means more fighters on a single aircraft carrier, or smaller airports in more remote places.
The motors must provide thrust greater than the weight of the aircraft for vertical take off. Since takeoff and landing are not controlled by the wing of a VTOL aircraft, the vehicle is built in such a way that the wings are optimized for speed and efficiency and to reduce the drag experienced by the aircraft, making it even faster.
After reaching required altitude, it tilts forward to achieve horizontal flight. For changes in flight path, ailerons are used to control its motion in roll.
1. DC Motors(2)
2. Servos(2)
3. ESC(2)
4. MPU6050(1)
5. BMP180(1)
6. Transmitter & Receiver(1)
7. NodeMCU(1)
8. LiPo Battery(2)
9. SunPack sheets(3)
10. Balsa wood 6"x6"(4)
The airfoil designs of the wings were drawn on Solidworks and then cut out from balsa wood by laser cutting.
1. Solidworks: for designing CAD model.
2. XFLR5: for choosing appropriate airfoil.
3. Arduino IDE: for coding the sensors.
1. Jeet Shah
2. Vehan Doshi
3. Dhruv Kumar Jha
4. Nitesh Kumar Gupta
5. Viba R Udupa
6. Yuvasankar B
Rs. 7,000
6
Budget
Number of members
4m
Time Required
1. Fine Caliberation of ESC.
2. Fine PID tuning.
3.Flight controll analysis based on chassis errrors and further improvements in design.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we were asked to vacate the campus before we could complete the project.
Hence, the Final testing could not be completed.
Final tuning and testing under diffrent conditions.
Completing CAD model and familiarizing with sensors.
Completing the PID controller tuning.
Building the Aircraft.
Here is a Model of our aircraft
A few aspects did not work as planned and hence, we had to come up with alternatives.
Laser cutting of sections of wings and assembled together.
3D printing of aircraft.
Rectangular fuselage.
Cylindrical fuselage.
VTOL craft can be used in congested or isolated areas. They are ideal for mapping related activities for a wide area surveys.
1. Jeet Shah
2. Vehan Doshi
3. Dhruv Kumar Jha
4. Nitesh Kumar Gupta
5. Viba R Udupa
6. Yuvasankar B