Design and Development of Low-cost Multi-function UAV Suitable for Production and Operation in Low Resource Environments
A new flying wing design has been developed at the Unmanned Systems Lab (USL) at Virginia Tech to serve delivery and remote sensing applications in the developing world. The fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), named EcoSoar, was designed with the goal of creating a business opportunity f...
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ndltd-VTETD-oai-vtechworks.lib.vt.edu-10919-838772021-04-24T05:40:18Z Design and Development of Low-cost Multi-function UAV Suitable for Production and Operation in Low Resource Environments Standridge, Zachary Dakotah Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Kochersberger, Kevin B. Raj, Pradeep Mason, William H. Rapid Prototyping Developing Country Posterboard Wings UAV Design Range Optimization A new flying wing design has been developed at the Unmanned Systems Lab (USL) at Virginia Tech to serve delivery and remote sensing applications in the developing world. The fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), named EcoSoar, was designed with the goal of creating a business opportunity for local entrepreneurs in low-resource communities. The system was developed in such a way that local fabrication, operation, and maintenance of the aircraft are all possible. In order to present a competitive financial model for sustained drone services, EcoSoar is made with reliable low-cost materials and electronics. This paper lays out the rapid prototyping and flight experiment efforts that went into polishing the design, test results from an EcoSoar centered drone workshop in Kasungu, Malawi, and finally a range optimization study with flight test validation. Master of Science 2018-07-07T08:01:03Z 2018-07-07T08:01:03Z 2018-07-06 Thesis vt_gsexam:16279 http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83877 In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ETD application/pdf Virginia Tech |
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A new flying wing design has been developed at the Unmanned Systems Lab (USL) at Virginia Tech to serve delivery and remote sensing applications in the developing world. The fully autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), named EcoSoar, was designed with the goal of creating a business opportunity for local entrepreneurs in low-resource communities. The system was developed in such a way that local fabrication, operation, and maintenance of the aircraft are all possible. In order to present a competitive financial model for sustained drone services, EcoSoar is made with reliable low-cost materials and electronics. This paper lays out the rapid prototyping and flight experiment efforts that went into polishing the design, test results from an EcoSoar centered drone workshop in Kasungu, Malawi, and finally a range optimization study with flight test validation. === Master of Science |
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Design and Development of Low-cost Multi-function UAV Suitable for Production and Operation in Low Resource Environments |
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Design and Development of Low-cost Multi-function UAV Suitable for Production and Operation in Low Resource Environments |
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Design and Development of Low-cost Multi-function UAV Suitable for Production and Operation in Low Resource Environments |
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Design and Development of Low-cost Multi-function UAV Suitable for Production and Operation in Low Resource Environments |
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Design and Development of Low-cost Multi-function UAV Suitable for Production and Operation in Low Resource Environments |
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design and development of low-cost multi-function uav suitable for production and operation in low resource environments |
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