Lindbergh Project

Flight Controls Group

Updated: 9-22-96

Design Requirements and Objectives

The basic requirement is to send data and images to our server from the airplane. We would like to send at least 10K jpegs every 5-15 minutes. This group deals with the development of hardware and software to do this.

Tasks and Status

Task Completion
Date		 Description
Prelim system spec 7/9/96 functional description - operator interface (R/C & data paths) - electrical power spec - requirements on other systems - weight spec
Block diagram / layout 7/16/96 component breakdowns - dependencies on other systems - redundancy - data paths
Prelim component spec 7/23/96
Component brand
& model identification 		7/30/96 identify vendors, cost, donation status, delivery
Baseline system spec 8/15/96 detailed functional description - detailed weight budget - detailed power budget - detailed dependencies on other systems
Component acquisition 8/31/96 component tests
Bench-top hardware assembly 9/15/96
Flight software development 10/30/96
Bench test 11/15/96 system tests, all flight modes - PC-driven simulation - operator interface
Documentation 12/15/96 operator interface - communication with other systems
Flight test 3/31/97 all flight modes - endurance test

Flight Computer:

Onset Computers' Tattletale Model 7 with Ben Tigner's interface boards.

Sensors:

These will be specified soon.

Actuators:

Futaba servos

Redundancy:

More detail here soon.