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Tim Welk
Product GoalsDesign an amphibious RC plane
Water, air, land manuvering
Develop Target Audience Who will want to purchase product?
Product must be cost effective Reasonable Price?
Step 2: Market Research Research was conducted on similar
RC products that had similar specifications.
Product Size (wingspan) Price (Listed on Tower Hobbies)
Related Specifications
Great Planes Seawind Amphibian 71” $ 329.97 Large Wingspan
Can land/take off in water
Propeller in rear
Goldberg Eagle 2 ARF 63” $119.99 Propeller in front
Simple landing gear layout
Great Planes Seawind Seaplane 39.5 “ $109.99 Large Wingspan
Can land/take off in water
Propeller in rear
Phoenix Dolphin 40 61” $99.99 Front Propeller
Simple landing gear layout
Figure 1: Market Research
Design Phases After market research, I then made several rough sketches of a proposed plane
design
Figure 2 A-D: Proposed and Final Designs
A B C
D
E
Design A (Landing Gear)•Landing gear inside fueslage•Won’t interfere when landing in water•May be subject to water damage
Design B (Landing Gear)•Landing gear assembly stored in wing•Laid out horizontally (perpendicular to fuselage)•Lowered 90 degrees to operational position
Design C (Plane)•Propeller on nose of plane•Battery and Motor stored in Fuselage
Design D (Plane)•Propeller towards rear of plane•Motor and battery stored in rear as well•Would not interfere with plane function while in water
Final Assembly
Figure 3: Assembly
Final Assembly continued
Figure 4: Assembly continued
Landing Gear Sub-Assembly
Figure 5: Landing Gear Assembly
Motor Sub-Assembly
Figure 6: Motor Assembly
2D Dimension Drawings
Figure 7A: Landing Gear Part I
2D Dimension Drawings cont.
Figure 7B: Landing Gear Part II
2D Dimension Drawings cont.
Figure 7C: Landing Gear BOM
2D Dimension Drawings cont
Figure 8A: Dimension Drawing for Motor
2D Dimension Drawings cont.
Figure 8B: Motor BOM
User Manual
Rendered Views
Figure 10: Rendered images of Plane
Animations
Figure 10: Animation (Not rendered)
ConclusionUtilized prior knowledge of design and Pro/EAcquired new modeling techniquesFurthered my presentation and writing
report skills
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