User:Felhariri3680/enes100/Helicopter

Link to team page.

Give instructor top 3 project choice list
Typically the instructor picks teams. Students send the instructor their top 3 choices. The project choices are typically those found at Category:General_Engineering_Projects. The instructor tries to put students in the project of their choice. Put your top three choices here after they are used to assign you to this project. Create a link to the project root and to where your team will be working.

Write problem statement
Look through the existing problem statements. Find something not yet done on the project. Create a problem statement for it. Think of a new subsystem that needs to be built for the project. The goal is something simple, possible, for zero dollars.

Assign Task1
Tasks are typically done over the weekend. They are documented during the week, presented during the week and the next weekends work is negotiated during the week. Week 0 is the week that task 1 is negotiated. Record your individual task here. Plan on working on it during the weekend between week0 and week1.

Week1 Activities
Rationalize differences
 * Worked on the safety features of the Drone

Week1 Narrative

 * While one of my partners was testing out the parrot drone in class, sometimes the connection between the drone and the remote would time out. This will make the drone to fly uncontrollably which in turn forced my partner to stop it by hand. If, mistakenly, my partner was to put his hand between one of the four fans, he can get injured. So a "protective case of some sort needs to be attached to all four fans. The material that needs to be used should first of all be light so it does not affect the lift off component. Secondly, the material cannot block the airflow that comes from these fans.

Just a couple of companies that sell these guards online.
 * This Fan/finger guard website gives an array of choices of protective cases that can be used
 * This Fan guard seems easy to implement onto the drone.

Assign Task2

 * Hopefully by next week, the protective guard will be ordered.
 * Planning on starting my investigation on the connection between the remote and the helicopter. I want to try and find out why and from were the problem is coming from. Try a couple of experiments.

Compare actual work done to Task2
Rationalize differences

Week2 Narrative
Upload photos to wikimedia. Upload video to youtube. Convert all spreadsheets, documents, and presentations to wiki format and create wiki subpage of your page for each of them. Link to them here in a narrative that tells a story. High light the problems (engineering problems) you had and how you solved them.

Week2 Peer Review
Go to each team mates weekly summary wiki page. Read their activities and narrative. Then go the associated discussion page. Say something positive on this page. Try some constructive criticism. Add your name and a signature ~ by entering four tildes in a row to create a time and date stamp. Create a new category if another team mate has already commented here.

Assign Task3

 * Start designing outline for safety cage
 * Decide on what material can be used to install net

Week3 Activities
Rationalize differences
 * Checked out different material for the base of the net.
 * Decided on the diameters of the safety net
 * Analyzed ways in which the net may be supported on the terrace.

Week3 Narrative

 * 1) Material
 * My objective for this project changed completely. After presenting ideas to the class about safety shields on the fans that allow the plane to fly, A new objective was raised due to the fact that the drone that is being operated cannot hold any additional forces created by the weights of the shields on the drone. So the current objective is to create a safety net on the terrace right outside the engineering room.
 * The first type of material that came to my mind was foam paper glued to a certain kind of stand. However, foam was separated into different slices and the order of that much quantity may be a hassle. Another reason why foam might not be the best option is because the whole point of the safety net is so that the only thing inside the net during flight is the drone and not the person navigating it. If the foam was installed, the person flying the drone has no other choice but to stand inside. Finally, foam might damage the drone, even if it was minimal since it has that toughness in it.

=2 x pi x 7.5 =47 ft
 * The second material that came to mind was the net used on a trampoline as shown below. The net is designed for a trampoline that is 7.5 ft in radius. Thus, the circumference of the trampoline base and the most importantly the length of the net is equal to 2 x pi x radius.
 * Length of net=2 x pi x radius
 * This is perfect for a safety net since it does not affect the signal between the remote and the drone. The foam might affect it since it has some thickness in it. Additionally and most importantly, the person controlling the drone can stand outside the net. The only thing is that I need to get details on the height of the trampoline. I also need to measure the distance between the edge of the balcony and the rooftop above the terrace.




 * Another material that can actually be excellent for this project is the fish net. For almost the same price, we can get almost double the length of the trampoline net that I wanted to order online.


 * 1) Dimensions:


 * The Dimensions of the net on the side of the engineering balcony will be around 10x8 feet as shown in the photo which then comprises of a total area of 80 sq. ft.
 * To complete the safety net, a net has to be connected from the top of the net installed on the balcony to the roof of the engineering building.



Assign Task4

 * Order the Fish net material.
 * Will start working on building the safety net and getting the dimensions as accurate as possible so the net can be convenient for flyers.

Compare actual work done to Task4

 * Dimensions for the net set
 * Went to home depot and checked out the different pvc pipes

Week4 Narrative
The cost of the pvc pipe was a little on the high side. If more than one is to be configured outside on the balcony, the total price will be more than the assigned budget I would assume. In order to configure the pvc pipes, I decided to place them on the ground using a stand filled with heavy material such as water or rocks. Water is a good idea since they are already included inside the stand. On the bottom of these stands, I would place 4 roller wheels that would allow the net to move and be desplaced. Recycled PVC pipes might be a good place to start. Other hard and tough pipes may be used to hold the net in place howeer pvc until now is the best bet.