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Hardware

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Therefore we will only use high level commands to fly this copter.
Only a couple of commands for controlling the robot like "go up", "go down" or "manual control" will be available.
When you send the commands up/down the copter will start to navigate its own way up or down through the shaft using Infrared, Sonar and LIDAR.
If you set the copter to manual mode, you will be controlling the Copter using a radio transmitter/transmitter, and no sensors will be there to guide you.
If you set the copter to manual mode, you will be controlling the Copter using a radio transmitter/receiver, and no sensors will be there to guide you.
\subsection{Flight Controller}
Because the lack of time in this project we will use an commercially available flight controller to keep the copter flying steady instead of building our own.
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\subsection{Copter parts}
When starting to assemble a copter we first started by choosing a suitable frame to fit the equipment.
A 65cm square frame was chosen to get space for the sensors between the rotors.
Next step was to choose motors and propellers to get enough lift for our payload at a comfortable throttle setting, the NTM propdrive 28-30S motor with TGS 12x6 propellers and a 4S LiPo battery.
This would give us enough lift for 3kg of payload at full throttle which means we should be able to fly with 1kg payload at a reasonable throttle setting.
ESCs where chosen to handle the battery voltage and amperage of the motors, Afro 30A fit these requirements and also runs th open source software SimonK which allows a lot of settings.
The last step was to choose battery seize and discharge rating to handle flight time and current delivery. We wanted to at least 5 minutes of flight time so we chose a Zippy 8000mAh 30C battery which would give us 6 minutes of flight at full throttle and more than enough current delivery.
Next step was to choose motors and propellers to get enough lift for our payload at a comfortable throttle setting.
The NTM propdrive 28-30S motor with a TGS 12x6 propellers and a 4S Li-Po battery would suit our needs.
This would give us enough lift for 3kg of payload at full throttle (eq.\ref{mcopter}-\ref{payload}), which means we should be able to fly with 1kg payload at a reasonable throttle setting.
ESC's where chosen to handle the battery voltage and amperage of the motors, Afro 30A fit these requirements and also runs th open source software SimonK which allows a lot of settings.
The last step was to choose battery size and discharge rating to handle flight time and current delivery.
We wanted to at least five minutes of flight time so we chose a Zippy 8000mAh 30C battery which would give us around six minutes of flight at full throttle (eq.\ref{flighttime}) and more than enough current delivery.
\begin{equation}
Weight of copter = 476+4\cdot 26.5 + 4\cdot 65 + 4\cdot
13.8 + 845 + 7 = 1749.2g
M_{Copter} = M_{frame} + 4\cdot M_{motors} + 4\cdot M_{ESC} + 4\cdot M_{prop} + M_{battery} = 1749.2g
\label{mcopter}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
Max payload = Total thrust-Weight of copter = 4*1200-1749.2=3050.8g
Payload_{max} = Thrust_{tot}-M_{Copter} = 4*1200-1749.2=3050.8g
\label{payload}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
Fight time = \frac{Battery capacity}{Max amp draw} =
8/80 = 6 minutes
Flight\ time = \frac{Battery\ capacity}{Max\ amp} =
\frac{8000mAh}{80A} \approx 6\ minutes
\label{flighttime}
\end{equation}
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We decided to use a switching regulator to make a five volt rail for peripherals, because of efficiency when stepping down from 15 volts.
A three volt rail for logic level was needed so a linear regulator from five volt was suitable there.
All power rails and 15 volt peripherals were handled on a separate board to avoid disturbance.
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