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PHOENIX

WILD FIRE REFORESTATION DRONE

IDEATION

Thanks to their heavy-lift certification, these drones each cover 3/4 of an acre per flight, or 57lbs. It was under this license that I was able to design a realistic cargo drone.

 

Heavy Lifting

DroneSeedwas the inspiration for this project. In 2020 they became the first & only U.S. company to receive an FAA waiver to use drone swarms & an FAA exemption to spray agricultural substances.  

 

DroneSeed

With the recent increase in California wildfires, people are using drones to quickly reverse wildfire destruction by planting trees from the air on a massive scale. 

Project goal was to develop heavy-lift capable drone that is capable of releasing a high volume of seeds or seed capsule projectiles.

Tree Planting Cargo Drones

RESEARCH

Primary ideation sketching stemming from the understanding that the increase in quantity of rotors allows for higher payload, and more efficient planting.

Moving into 3D

Part Count Reduction

Consistent arm length for simple part replacement, as well as reduced manufacturing cost.

INTERNAL COMPONENTS

Additional components including rotors, bearings, and other hardware were also able to be standardized for 8 units per drone.

Standardizing arm length would decrease part cost. To account for this, arm stems were made larger on sides than corners.

STANDARDIZATION 

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Heavy-Duty Articulating
CAMERA GIMBALL

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Full Range of Motion

Multi-Axis Camera Gimball 

LiDAR Sensors

Sensors and cameras detect and map path for drone to take, using machine learning to optimize path.

Hydraulic powered landing gear

Pop-Out

Remote Recovery

User is able to use backup analog controls to retrieve drone upon error or failure.

PHOENIX DRONE VIDEO

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