Maama Multi Purpose Autonomous Aerial Monitoring Aircraft

Students¹: I. Azijli, M. Beekhuyzen, M. Birsanu, E.F. van den Boogaard, R.H.M. Giepman, T. Gillebaart, K.M. Khayrat, P.H.W. Salden, J.W. Wentink, Q. Zhu

Project tutor: dr.ir. L.M.M. Veldhuis

Coaches: dr. R. Ruiterkamp, A. Nagy MSc

Introduction
MAAMA; the Multi-purpose Autonomous Aerial Monitoring Aircraft. In the past years there has been a significant interest in the design and operation of small UAVs as evidenced by the various conferences and scientific journal contributions dedicated to UAVs. However, most UAVs are dedicated to performing one specific task. A real challenge is at hand in designing an unmanned aircraft that is capable of performing a variety of missions ranging from hurricane research to traffic control to sea rescue assistance.

The paper of this project is available as a PDF-document here.

Footnotes

1. The Design Synthesis Exercise forms the closing piece of the third year of the Bachelor degree course in aerospace engineering at the TU Delft. The objective of this exercise is to improve the students’ design skills while working in teams with about 10 fellow students for a period of 10 weeks. Despite the fact that the final designs result from a design process executed by small groups of students with limited experience, the designs are of good quality.