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University of Portland School of Engineering

Project OspreyRC-VTOL

TeamAaron Duane

Jesse Fledderjohann

Hilary Henderson

Chris Hope

AdvisorDr. Ward

Industry RepresentativeMr. Walt Harrison

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Overview

• Introduction

• Scorecard

• Additional Accomplishments

• Plans

• Issues/Concerns

• Conclusions

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Introduction

• RC-VTOL: Remote Controlled Vertical Takeoff and Landing

• Combines advantages of helicopters and airplanes

• Complex control processing

• RC: perspective changes

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Scorecard

• Completed Project Plan to version 1.0

• Successful Design Review

• Theory of Operations to version 0.95– Work underway, not yet ready for 1.0– Final Revisions

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Additional Accomplishments

• All hardware received and ready to use

• Received beta software for Eagle Tree Seagull Wireless Telemetry System– Tested and working correctly

• Software implementation begun– Know what we need, just need to do it!

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Plans

• Theory of Operations to 1.0

• Build Classes

• Finalize physical layout

• Begin construction

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MilestonesNumber Description Original

11/1/07Previous11/1/07

Present2/1/08

1 Pre approval 9/7/07 9/7/07 9/7/07

2 Functional specification 1.0 10/5/07 10/5/07 10/5/07

3 All parts arrive 11/15/07 11/15/07 10/5/07

4 Project Plan 1.0 11/9/07 11/9/07 11/8/07

5 Design review 12/7/07 12/7/07 12/4/07

6 Theory of Operations 0.90 2/8/08 2/8/08 2/8/08

7 Theory of Operations 0.95 2/15/08 2/15/08 2/15/08

8 Theory of Operations 1.0 2/22/08 2/22/08 2/22/08

9 Founders Day 4/8/08 4/8/08 4/8/08

10 Final Report 0.90 4/11/08 4/11/08 4/11/08

11 Final Report 0.95 4/18/08 4/18/08 4/18/08

12 Final Report 1.0 4/25/08 4/25/08 4/25/08

Exceeded Timetable Met Timetable Behind Timetable Not Complete

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Concerns/Issues

• Staying on schedule

• Having time for difficult design challenges

• Airframe problems

• Testing procedure

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Conclusions

• RC-VTOL: software based flight system

• Work proceeding on TOp 1.0

• Progress on Telemetry Transmitter

• Mitigated all previous concerns

• Questions?