the Drone Build
The culmination of an aerospace degree at the University of Liverpool. Designed, built and tested for a customer with a surveillance oriented problem.
AERO420 - AEROSPACE CAPSTONE
The aerospace capstone project is intended to be the culmination of the entire aerospace degree at Liverpool. It consists of a 12 person team trying to provide a solution to a problem, created by a customer - Dr Jonathan Green. He wishes to survey Cormorants on Puffin Island (off the coast of Anglesey) and has some metrics of success, constraints and advice for how would be the ideal way to go about completing this survey. The team is then tasked with producing a platform in which he could use to complete his work - with the caveat that it must be aerial; after all, it is an aerospace degree.
The group is assessed through written reports provided at gate reviews throughout the project. The idea is that these review periods and presentations simulate the environment at a company in which the engineering team must pitch and convince their upper management to take on their idea. The gate review stages are:
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Initial Product Proposal (IPP)
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Flight Design Review (FDR)
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Flight Test Readiness Review (FTRR)
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Final Test Review (FTR)
Our group decided that a fixed wing aerial platform would suit the needs of the project and decided to use additive manufacturing to bring this idea to life.
The 4 reports and accompanying presentations can be seen by using the links in the table below. The entire project repository can be viewed here.