L3 class certification rocket

Custom designed 5 in diameter rocket with dual deploy recovery.

Fiberglass airframe, aluminum tip, CNC machined G10 fins and bulkheads, manually machined aluminum motor retention bulkhead.

Successfully flown at Dairy Aire 2024 in support of L3 certification campaign.

2 stage rocket

Custom designed booster and sustainer stages with drag separation and dual deploy recovery on each stage.

Fiberglass airframe, aluminum tip, 3D printed stage transition fairing, CNC machined G10 fins and bulkheads, manually machined aluminum motor retention bulkhead.

Successfully flown at Dairy Aire 2023 as subscale motor test in support of FAR 5, 10, 25 competition campaign

Robot that shoots fire

Custom designed booster and sustainer stages with drag separation and dual deploy recovery on each stage.

Fiberglass airframe, aluminum tip, 3D printed stage transition fairing, CNC machined G10 fins and bulkheads, manually machined aluminum motor retention bulkhead.

Successfully flown at Dairy Aire 2023 as subscale motor test in support of FAR 5, 10, 25 competition campaign

Modular eVTOL platform

Highly customizable, modular, low-cost eVTOL development platform designed for Stanford's aerospace capstone students.

COTS airframe modified to accept additional structure, motor booms, and outfitted with Pixhawk flight controller. Custom designed 3D printed tilt mechanism.

Custom bare metal flight controller

Custom designed software running on bare metal Raspberry Pi, interfacing with radio modules, sensors, and servos to create a basic closed-loop flight controller.

Guided weather balloon payload recovery

Lightweight balloon launched motor glider for guided payload recovery.

Hot wire cut foam, foamboard, pulltruded carbon, and 3D printed bracketry create an ultra lightweight glider with flight controller navigation and sat-comm data link for long range, high altitude balloon flights requiring payload recovery.

Low compute collision avoidance navigation for high speed drones

Research performed at Aurora Flight Sciences on low compute LiDAR based collision avoidance and pathfinding in GPS denied, unmapped environments.

Airsim LiDAR simulation development and novel pathfinding algorithm uses predictive drone pose and local LiDAR map to re-plan drone trajectory quickly enough for high speed flight in obstacle dense environments.

Remote controlled mars rover model

Fabricated out of 3D printed plastic and aluminum, COTS electronics drive 6 individually articulating wheel assemblies and 3 independent bogies giving this rover a wide range of motion over rough terrain.

Custom developed "Robot OS" enables closed loop position and speed control of actuators and drive as well as remote control protocol over WiFi.

Plug and play avionics for General Aviation

IMU and aural alerting system to aid in unusual attitude/upset recovery, particularly during inadvertent IMC.

COTS components prototype leading to custom PCB development and enclosure utilize existing GA twin plug interface for plug and play functionality.

Custom universal control station

COTS radio transmitter parts integrated into custom enclosure with integrated backlighting, multi-channel FPV receiver system, and power distribution system.

CNC routed and vinyl covered acrylic panels mounted within ruggedized enclosure case containing internal battery.

Autonomous Agricultural Survey

Autonomous agricultural survey drone designed to support small scale farms in southwest Michigan.

COTS airframe integrated with Pixhawk flight control system, 1.3Ghz long range FPV video streaming 3 selectable cameras, hyperspectral gimbaled camera, TBS Crossfire control and telemetry link

Large scale fixed wing augmented quadrotor

Large scale quadrotor with independently actuating airfoil body to study effects of fixed-wing augmentation at low speed flight of multirotors.

Custom designed airframe fabricated out of CNC machined composite panels and 3D printed bracketry.