User:Awilson429/enes100/Quadcopter

Write problem/project Goal
Use the functioning quadcopter in a new and innovative way. Develop different ways to use it while it flight.

My First Task
I am working on filling and documenting the use of the quadcopter obstacles. These large rings will be used to see if we can get the quad copter through.

Summary of actual work over first weekend
I did not do anything different than what I had initially planned. I filled the obstacles up and documented my actions.

Week1 Narrative
Over the weekend I took home the circular shaped obstacles. I laid the obstacles out and ended up inflating them and standing them up. The dilemma I had was wondering whether or not to fill the base with water or sand and have determined that sand would never fully come out so water would be better.

My Second Task
Over the second weekend I will be repairing the broken motor on the other quadcopter and making sure it can fly correctly. Also, I was planning on taking the batteries and attaching different male/ female ends so that the drone can use larger batteries.

Summary of actual work over second weekend
Over the weekend I had planned on working with the batteries in order to get them so that we could have extended battery life with these but instead I worked on repairing the motor for the quadcopter and fixing the flight.

Week2 Narrative
Over the weekend I broke down the one motor on the quadcopter that wasn't working and I began the process of working to fix this and get the quadcopter back into flight so that we can begin working on it to extend its capabilities and battery life.

Below are four videos of a TUTORIAL I have posted on youtube which show the process of removing a non working quadcopter motor and replacing it with a working one. The first video does not have sound which is a result of my hand being over the speaker however the process is still clear and easy to understand. The rest of the videos have sound and I describe the rest of the process.

Quadcopter Motor Fix 1

Quadcopter Motor Fix 2

Quadcopter Motor Fix 3

Quadcopter Motor Fix 4











My Third task
Over this upcoming weekend I plan on finishing what I was not able to complete in terms of fixing the broken motor and I will also be working on altering the connections for the batteries that we have so that the quadcopter can fly longer and it will have a longer battery life that we can work with in order to fly it longer and give it more lift power.

Summary of actual work over third weekend
I planned on working with the quadcopter obstacles but instead I decided that the switching of the battery connectors would be more beneficial because this could mean more power for longer flight times and that means further flight testing and longer times for us to work with testing the overall weight tolerance.

Week3 Narrative




As you can see in the photos, I added the new red and black bodies to the larger battery packs so that we could increase their flight time and power. I changed these out on the new battery packs and also to the smaller black battery packs that came with the quadcopter.

My Fourth task
The final week I will be working on getting the quadcopter to work with the larger battery packs and I will also be working on the obstacles again in order to get them to stand on their own and work in the quad when we finally decide to test the quadcopter using these obstacles.

Summary of actual work over fourth weekend
I actually did what I was planning from the start and took care of the "assembly" and "disassembly" of the quadcopter obstacles as well.

Week4 Narrative
Over this weekend I developed a Youtube tutorial on how to change the smaller battery that originally came with the Parrot drone with a larger 11.1 V battery that will lead to a longer flight time. This battery is a little heavier and longer but the drone flight cap still fits over top of it just fine. Below are videos of the tutorial that link up to Youtube.

Battery Replacement Vid 1

Battery Replacement Vid 2

Battery Replacement Vid 3

Battery Replacement Vid 4

Battery Replacement Vid 5

Battery Replacement Vid 6

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