GROUP 3Plane Design:

Names: Noble Wu, Bobby Walsh, Arda Selekler, Khanh Nguyen, Mulu, Weird Dave.

Restrictions/Rules

The overall cost of the flying aircraft has to be under $250.

The weight of the aircraft has to be less than or equal to 450 grams.

The completed aircraft has to be able to fly for a sustained five minutes.

Cannot use combustion engines.

Planning

At first we wanted to build a helicopter but we weren’t able to find the parts needed to build one ourselves that meets the requirements, so we switched to a plane design.

Design

Our plane is going to be a re-skinned GWS Slow stick model to look like a bird(Dave’s idea) along with some slight technical changes to the model’s body in terms of functionality.

Plane Sketch

Part cost/list

Syma RC Helicopter – Yellow - 20.25 2.4G Fly-Sky 6 Channel - 32.70 usd Dynam Brushless - 24.66 usd Sky Lipo 1300mAh(battery) - 13.20 usd Slow Stick Airplane - 30.56 usd Total – 121.37 usd

Gantt

Changed Technical Specifications

Removed small matter from certain parts from the plane to adjust the plane’s weight.

We have a larger battery allowing for a longer flight time.

Our camera mount features a large opening ended with a small exit to allow increased pressure for whatever is inside(the camera).

Video of Plane

Coming soon!

Conclusion

Going from the Helicopter to a Plane insured a lesser difficulty due to the ease at finding parts, the design, the flight, and cost of parts. Building a plane and designing it as well as allowing it to fly is the real task of this project. Thank you for your time.