Helicopter Experience, 2010 Date: August 1-6 Location: Central Connecticut State University 1
Out Line Schedule Selection Process What students will receive 2
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Sunday, August 1, 2010, 12 6 Arrival Remote Control Aircraft Design and Flight Demonstration Introductionto to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Controland Design methods (Students will receive an overview of how to design build program and fly a UAV) RC Rotor craft designs and flight demonstration Aerospace careers 6 Dinner 4
Sunday, August 1, 2010 Remote Control Aircraft Design and Flight Demonstration RC Aircraft flight controls Remote control systems, servos receiver, transmitter, motor types of battery power Flight performance estimation Design methodology for high performance to high flight time aircraft RC Aircraft aerodynamics, lift drag Aircraft CL and Cg positions 5
Sunday Introduction Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Control and Design Methods High Altitude UAV UAV Project was Sponsored by the Connecticut Space Grant and CCSU Ground Station Communication Antenna Video Display Computer Tracking Data Up and Down Link
Sunday Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Control and Design Methods Video pay load, detachable 5 th Generation AC Flight systems, control, up link and down link electronics, gyros, GPS, flight computer, IR stabilization Flight Path Video from UAV Flight goggles UAV Project was Sponsored by the Connecticut Space Grant and CCSU
Sunday Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Control and Design Methods Flight with video goggles gg Semi Autonomously : Flight computer is correcting pilot errors, wind etc 600 meters, 1968 ft
Monday, August 2, 2010 Principles of helicopter flight Helicopter aerodynamics Helicopter preflight Flight in a Robinson Helicopter over CT Helicopter post flight briefing StudentFaculty Banquet 9
Tuesday August 3, 2010 Basic Control Theory Coaxialhelicopter constructionandflighttesting testing Students will build a CX 2 coaxial helicopter KAMAN Aerospace tour Aerodynamics 10
Tuesday August 3, 2010 Aerodynamics, introduction to wind tunnel testing Students will be instructed on basic aircraft aerodynamics and subsonic wind tunnel testing methods Airspeeds up to 180 MPH Basic aerodynamics principles such as drag and lift Instruction on operation, balancing, data collection 11
Wednesday August 4, 2010 Vertical Take Off and landing, VTOL Design and Construction (Student teams will be instructed on the design and build VTOL aircraft) Sikorsky Aircraft tour VTOL Quad Rotor Design 12
Wednesday Vertical Take Off and landing, VTOL Design and Construction Building a VTOL, dart RC aircraft using Low cost RC equipment Transmitter, receiver, servos Electric motor, ESC, LiPo battery ¼ tk building insulation 5 Minute epoxy Packing tape 13
Wednesday August 4, 2010 Complex VTOL RC Aircraft, Quad Rotor Design Instruction on the design of a Quad rotor Flight demonstration How to hook up the electronics RC controls Gyros IR flight stabilization Mixers 14
Thursday August 5, 2010 Vertical Take Off and landing, VTOL Design and Construction (Student teams will continue to build VTOL aircraft) Wind tunnel testing Students will run wind tunnel test on different aerodynamic shapes. The changes in the aerodynamics forces and moments will be determined RC Coaxial Helicopter Competition Students will be required to fly their helicopters though a maze and retrieve objects VTOL Aircraft Competition Students teams will fly the VTOL dart RC aircraft through a maze and land it at a point. Awards Banquet 15
Friday August 6, 2010 Human Powered Helicopter Test FixtureExperimentation Team 1 (Students will run test using a coaxial rotor blade test fixture to determine how to maximize the lift to power ratio) The test fixture rotor blade diameters are 36 feet Team 2 (Students will run test using a Quad rotor blade test fixture to determine how to maximize i the lift to power ratio) The test fixture has 4 rotor blades and the rotor blade diameters are 18 feet Departure 16
Selection Process Application Requirements Must be a US Citizen, over 18 Must have completed the freshman year Must be interested in aerospace Fill out application at http://uhaweb.hartford.edu/ctspgrant/student-opportunities.htm Pay for the 250 dollar registration fee with a Travel Grant 17
Out Application Dead line for out of state is December 1 18
Selected Students Will Receive CX 2 Coaxial RC helicopter or equivalent Helicopter experience T Shirt Helicopter flight Tour of KAMAN Aerospace and Sikorsky Aircraft Room board, transportation and tuition Class room instruction on aerodynamics, rotorcraft principles, wind tunnel testing, control theory, VTOL RC aircraft, etc 19
Housing and Meals at Central Connecticut State University Air conditioned dorm room double occupancy 20
Helicopter Seminar Team Thomas P. Filburn: University of Hartford Mechanical Engineering Professor and CT Space Grant Program Director Nidal Al-Masoud: CCUS Mechanical Engineering Professor, Control expert Stan Biga: Engineering Manager Sikorsky Aircraft 21
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