During my final semester at Purdue, I led a group of 7 collogues in a senior design project focused on developing a Hand-Launched Belly Landing Plane, successfully meeting the following requirements:
Below documented is the comprehensive breakdown of each flight component, detailing their development, rigorous testing procedures, and the intricacies of the manufacturing process:
Final Images:
Team with the full plane before flight
Team Integrating the plane
Plane final dimensions side view
Plane final dimensions top view
Software skills: SolidWorks, OpenVSP, XFLR5, MATLAB, Ardupilot
Hard skills: 3D Printing, Shrink wrapping, Foam Cutting, Laser Printing, Drilling, Sawing and Sanding, Wind Tunnel Testing