Drone Project: In my Engineering Graphics course my class was divided into teams with the goal of designing a durable drone chassis. We salvaged the chip and motors from a donor drone and designed our own frame and landing gear.
Our design process began with hand sketches, to CAD, to laser cut and 3D printed prototypes. Our main priorities were to make the drone lightweight in order to retain its original handling characteristics, and to strengthen it enough withstand repeated drops.
With each version we observed the flaws and shortcomings of our initial design and made revisions accordingly. Our final design remains simple but strong, and performed very well in our stress testing and flights.
Our design process began with hand sketches, to CAD, to laser cut and 3D printed prototypes. Our main priorities were to make the drone lightweight in order to retain its original handling characteristics, and to strengthen it enough withstand repeated drops.
With each version we observed the flaws and shortcomings of our initial design and made revisions accordingly. Our final design remains simple but strong, and performed very well in our stress testing and flights.
Using skills developed in Engineering Graphics, I used Autocad to design business cards to be laser cut from cardstock.
The above orthographic drawing was created by referencing a component of a car mounted phone clip.