Work Night 4/30/15

Work Night Logan High School

Date: April 30

Focus: Live View kit, Partial calibration, problem with voltage level on Live View, and Calibrating the control systems.

We also spent some time working on our thermal camera which we hope to have completed by the end of the year. We are having some programming issues that we need to resolve, but the components are soldered and ready for assembly.We hope to prove that this device can be used to sense "hot spots" on transmission wires.

People: Max, Joel and Grant

Time: 3 Hours

In this video you will see our first arming test. The arming test is important to determine if you have connectivity between the transmitter and the UAV. We also have to make sure the motors are spinning in the correct direction. No props are placed on the motors during this test for safety.

Pictured below is our thermal camera and laser pointer which we mounted on a swivel bracket. This is controlled by an Arduino.

Work Night 4/22/15

Work Night Logan High School

Date: April 22, 2015

Focus: Assembling the rest of the body and legs, mounted the electronics and guidance systems.

People: Grant, Joel

Time: 2 Hours

Work Night 4/16/15

Work night Logan High School

Date: April 16

Focus: Putting together the main body and arms, wiring the motors up and the main electronics.

This was our first night working on the UAV. You can see below all the part that are ready to be assembled. We do not anticipate any problems with the acutal build.We believe the greater challenge will be in the acutal flying and configuring and programming the system to do what we want it to do.

People: Joel, Ian

Time: 3 hours

This is how it all started. All the parts for our UAV came in.

Installing the motors on the arms.

Connecting and labeling our ESC's (electronic speed control)