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Carleton University Fixed Wing
UAV Project
Prof. Jeremy Laliberté
http://2013uav.mae.carleton.ca
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What is a UAV?
▪ Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle
• No on-board pilot
– Controlled remotely or autonomously
• Can be very large or very small
• May be less expensive than a piloted aircraft
• Dull, dirty, dangerous jobs
▪ Carleton’s UAVs
• Corvus
• GeoSurv II
• Avionics test beds (ATBs)
Carleton University’s GeoSurv II Prototype UAV
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Wingspan 4 m [13 ft]
Maximum Takeoff Weight 20 kg [44 lbs]
Cruise Speed 100 km/h [54 kts]
Comms Limited Range 20 km [11 nm]
Endurance 4 hrs (gas)/45 min (LiPo)
Corvus UAV Overview
▪ High performance, long endurance multi-mission
small UAV (<20 kg MTOW)
▪ Fixed wing platform sized for 7.5 kg payloads
▪ Demonstrator flight tested in October 2013
▪ Flying laboratory
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GeoSurv II Prototype
UAV Overview
▪ Geophysical survey UAV
▪ 200 lb MTOW
▪ 60/100 kts cruise speed
▪ 30 hp engine with pusher prop
Magnetometers
in wing tips
Landing gear
Engine
Empennage
Fuselage
▪ All-composite airframe
▪ Partnership with Sander
Geophysics Ltd (SGL)
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Team Organization –
Flexible Structure
▪ Functional groups
• Design Integration
• Aerodynamics
• Structures
• Avionics and Flight Testing
▪ Cross-functional groups as needed (examples)
• Corvus design team
• Propulsion system integration
• Aircraft assembly
• Etc.
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Anticipated Goals for 2014/15
(subject to change)
▪ GeoSurv II
• Complete ground testing and integration of new systems (e.g. engine with
integrated starter)
• Taxi and ground testing of current prototype and engine system
• Flight mechanics modelling
▪ Corvus
• “Fly early/fly often” – airborne laboratory to be completed in September/October 2014
▪ Avionics Test Beds (ATBs)
• Integrate and test imaging systems
• Open source autopilot integration and test flights; hardware-in-the-loop
▪ Systems Integration Laboratory (SIL)
• Complete design, manufacture and testing
▪ New UAV design study?
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What do you get to do?
Air vehicle Design and Analysis
Avionics design and development Flight Testing
Manufacturing and Testing
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Questions?
UAV Project Winter Design Review
23 March – Senate Room