Phase 1

So the initial strategy is as follows, the project has been split into two phases:

Phase 1:

Ends March 31st

Objectives :Test and implement a control system on Black Widow capable of autonomous takeoff, landing and hovering in air.

This seems like a reasonable target, considering the time that we have left.

But there's still a lot of work which has to be done before that.

1. Decisions on the airframe, motors, propellors, batteries.

2. The avionics system is pretty much decided, as well as a lot of the code (will discuss in a later post).

3. Interface with the brushless dc motors.

4. The math modelling and the control system design and simulation.

5. The ground station programming.

6. The power system design & fabrication.

7. Integration of the above aspects.

Hopefully, we should be done with this much by mid-Feb, leaving us around a month for testing.

Phase 2 planning will be carried out at the end of Phase 1.

A new beginning !!

We, the final year students of Delhi Technological University's Unmanned Aircraft Systems(UAS) Project are gonna be designing a quadrotor UAV for our senior project- the aim is to have autonomous takeoffs & landings, waypoint navigation, obstacle avoidance....the works. So hopefully this blog will become a guide for those of you dumb/stupid enough to be crazy about UAVs like we are, and wish to walk a similar path.

First things first, an intro :

The Name - Black Widow

The Team

Rochak Chadha - Electronics & Communication Engineering(Airframe, Control)

Known for his devastating sense of humor and superhuman intelligence, Rochak is a cyborg sent from an alternate universe to destroy the lives of 7 normal, geeky engineering undergrads.......we're still secretly hoping that his real name is John Connor.....

K.V.S.R. Hareen - Electrical Engineering (Control)

With his cool intellect and methodical approach, you just know that the most critical part of the system is in the right hands. Of course, considering his exploits as ''The Safety Man"(the fire extinguisher incident comes to mind), one wonders what amazing things the quad will manage to do/destroy once control testing begins.

Abhay Kaul - Mechanical Engineering (Airframe)

From insanely tough design softwares to hardware magic, he's the ultimate fix-it-guy, and you know nothing's impossible when he's around.

Arjit Arora - Computer Engineering (Airframe)

Having a passion for anything related to automobiles and food(especially desserts), Arjit is steadily nearing his goal of proving that you can complete a degree in computers without doing any programming. Instead, he's worked on some fantastic projects giving him expertise most mechanical engineering students would die for.

Sahil Kapur, Raghvendra Gautam - Electronics & Communication Engineering

(Embedded & Power Systems)

Affectionately known as Mr. and Mrs. (because,well....ahem....) anyways, it's impossible to separate these two, the most gifted electronics dudes i have ever met.

Suraj Joseph - Computer Engineering (Programming)

Finally......Smart, good looking, witty, kind, generous and modest to a fault....he's just awesome !!