The weather was nice enough for once for class to meet outside. 3/10/2014 was a perfect clear day for a Wisconsin winter so this was a perfect opportunity to showcase multiple UAS components. These were a rotocopter, a kite, and a rocket. The rotocopter was created by UWEC physics student Max Lee with input by Professor Joe Hupy. All these were fitted with cameras to capture images. The rotocopter is controlled by an operator in a certain area to capture all these images. I showed up late so I was not able to hear all the information on the rotocopter. The kite was used like any other kite except that a camera was placed on the string and sent over 100 feet in the air. The camera was set to take a picture every 5 seconds up to 100 pictures. The kite was a very interesting concept as I have never thought of using a kite in this way. The final component of the field day was a rocket. The rocket created by Professor Joe Hupy was retrofitted with cheap cameras. Sadly, shortly after launch the rocket failed due to an engine being placed incorrectly.
**The following images were taken by classmate Drew Briski as I did not have a camera handy and my phone was dead.**
 |
Figure 1: The UAS rotocopter with 6 wings. Operated by Max Lee. A very interesting UAS
|
 |
| Figure 2: The kite in flight with a camera that took images every 5 seconds |
 |
| Figure 3: The rocket before its ill fate. |
No comments:
Post a Comment