Constraints:
When deciding the most efficient way to solve our given problem, we had to factor in all the requirements that were given. For the drone itself, there were some constraints. The required payload bay, where the payload will be stored while the drone is in flight, size had to be two inches deep, six inches long, and three inches wide. The payload bay must also be relatively easily accessible for the customer to load and unload the payload. The payload capacity is required to have a weight of two lbs or less. The wings, tails, and other appendages of the drone will stay attached to the fuselage at all times as a fixed wing design. There should be no pieces fully detached from the drone during storage. The final drone is supposed to have a hypothetical range that is greater…show more content… The drone will also be able to be stored in a tube measuring thirty inches long with a ten-inch diameter. These are all measurable constraints that can be proven during testing, except the required minimum range of twenty miles because the drone being tested is a prototype and the drone cage, where this prototype would be tested, is less than twenty miles in length. To measure that constraint, we used the range equation which is used for planes. That equation is: (Range= 0.36*(BatteryMass./DroneWeight).*(1/9.81)*(DroneWeight./Drag)*(0.8)).
Criteria:
There are five major criteria for our drone that were taken into consideration. The first one we chose to include is stability. We are measuring this based off of the deviation from the centerline in feet. Stability is important to help maximize the distance as well as the time of flight of the drone as it will remain as steady as possible during flight. Durability is the next criterion that we looked at by the group. Durability is an important criterion because our drone will undergo many flights when delivering the gauze to the people in need. Due to all these flights and harsh landings, our drone
