Navigating Tomorrow's Skies Today
Team AIR designs and develops drones, with a strong focus on autonomy. The team is currently working towards the Student Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS) competition. Every year, they use rapid prototyping techniques to create modular frames for various mission requirements. With a commitment to continuous improvement, the team consistently works on advancing software capabilities to enhance autonomous functions.
SUAS 2025 Team Members:
- Adrain Tse, Pilot, Co-Captain (Electrical Engineering, 3rd year)
- Shaan Mehta, GCS Operator, Co-Captain (Electrical Engineering, 2nd year)
- Davin Doan, Mechanical Designer, (Mechanical Engineering, 4th year)
- Anthony Paz, Mechanical Designer, (Mechanical Engineering, 2nd year)
- Arnav Nere, Mechanical Designer, (Biology, 1st year)
- Arman Lu, Mechanical Designer, (Electrical Engineering, 1st year)
- Alex Yamada, Programmer, (Computer Science, 2nd year)
- Ethan Cho, Mechanical Designer, (Mechanical Engineering, 2nd year)
System Overview:
Ground Control Station:
Programming: Python
Computer: iBUYPOWER TraceMesh 7 Gaming Desktop – 14th Gen Intel Core i7-14700F – GeForce RTX 4060 – Windows 11 – 32 GB RAM – 2TB SSD
Wifi connection: TP-Link Router
Telemetry: RFD900x
Manual control: RadioMaster TX16S
Drone:
Flight controller: Pixhawk 6C
Frame: Quadcopter
Width: 3 ft.
Power: 2 x 6S Tattu 25000 mAh in parallel; 6S / 22.2V, 50Ah
Onboard Computer: NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano
Motors: T-Motor P60/170 KV
ESCs: Flycolor X-Cross HV3 80A ESC
Flight Controller: Holybro Pixhawk 6C FC Module
RemoteID: Holystone HSRID01
Flight Performance Statistics:
Number of autonomous flight: 15
Average amount of time spent in manual mode per flight: < 1 minute
Number of waypoints hit: < 33
Average waypoint miss error: 0
Total flight time: 3 hours 6 minutes 25 seconds
Longest Distance: 3.2 miles
Longest Flight Time: 22 minutes
Longest manual-control distance: 320 m
Average Speed: 10 km/hr
Max altitude difference: 43 m
