Bachelors Project (December 2009 to December 2010)

My Bachelors project was within the domain of Aerospace and titled: Design, Build and Implementation of a VTOL (Vertical Take-off and Landing) Maritime UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) . This project was sponsored by the Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO).

  • Logo that I designed for the project
    Logo that I designed for the project
  • Quadcopter Complete
    Quadcopter Complete
  • Quadcopter in flight
    Quadcopter in flight

There were five people involved with this project and I was both the team leader and safety officer. I designed the frame and landing gear using PRO Engineer and ANSYS Workbench and built the frame out of aluminium. The Pro engineer model is as follows:

  • Pro Engineer render
    Pro Engineer render
  • Close-up on center
    Pro Engineer close-up on center
  • Close-up on center
    Pro Engineer engine pod that I helped create

The Ansys static analysis of the frame is as followed.

  • Frame Stress
    Frame Stress
  • Frame Strain
    Frame Strain
  • Modeled Loads
    Modeled Loads
  • Potential Frame Choices
    Potential Frame Choices

The Ansys dynamic model of the landing gear is as follows:

  • Landing Gear
    Landing Gear
  • Frame Strain
    Frame Strain

The project resulted in a successful test flight of a variable pitch quad-copter and a video can be seen on the following page: