Meteorological Payload for Small Unmanned Aerial Systems

AeroVironment, Inc. Engineering, 2007-08

Liaison(s): Dave Wilbur ’68, Justin McAllister
Advisor(s): Donald S. Remer
Students(s): Michael Scott Kimbrell (S-TL), Jason Choi (F-TL), Richard Priddell (S), Michael Kai Mayeda (S), Michael Yang (F)

AeroVironment asked the HMC Clinic team to develop new sensor packages to expand the service of its unmanned aerial systems. The team produced a proof of concept for a meteorological sensor package. The package was designed to have minimum size and weight and to measure pressure, temperature, and relative humidity. After building the system, the team did wind tunnel testing on the proof of concept and field testing with a remote-controlled airplane to check the sensor data.