UAV Carrier and custom DJI UAV (Quadcopter)

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This was our Senior Design Project for the University of Central Florida’s Electrical Engineering program. We found out the other day that these are actually called Unmanned Hybrid-Vehicle Systems (UVS) and are something that are becoming more and more popular. We used a lot of sparkfun products for development, reference designs, and example codes, so I figured we should share!

Main Features Include:

For the Rover

  • Regenerative Charging System based on a Bedini Motor

    Magnetic Neodymium Locking System for the quadcopter

    Mecanum Wheels

    Andymark 1200 oz-in 198 RPM 2-Stage Planetary Gear Motors

    XBEE Pro 900 MHz on the Communication Controls

    APM 1.5 just for real time navigation/GPS

    Custom Made Motor Controllers

    All custom embedded code able to handle up to 255 devices

    Real Time monitoring from a control terminal

    Touchscreen LCD for controls

    Fingerprint scanner for authentication

    Independent Speed Controls for all motors

    FPV using a 200mW transmitter on 1268 mHZ

    Custom made Frame/Shell

    Monitoring Control panel

    2-Way Mirror Film top

    NeoPixel Runway Lighting \

    GOPRO HERO3 on a Pan and Tilt System

    Maxbotix SONAR


    • For the Quadcopter:

  • DJI F450 Frame

    DJI OPTO ESC"s

    DJI 930kV Motors

    10" APC Props

    200mW FPV on 1280 MHz

    XBEE Pro Telemetry

    APM 2.6

    MinimOSD

    DJI Landing Gear

    Custom 3D printed landing feet with magnets in them

    Lasers

    Frsky 2.4 gHZ Receiver

    Turnigy 9X Controller

    GOPRO HERO3

    Maxbotix SONAR



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    You can view videos of it running (and also the bloopers) here:

    https://www.youtube.com/user/ironmodic

    A more detailed version can be found here.

    http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/uav … e=activity

    I will be happy to post any code for anyone who would like!