I finally received the rest of the parts needed to put together the ICARUS Vehicle prototype. Here is a CAD drawing of what it should (ideally) look like. NOTE: The blue center piece was a modification made in the design to act as a plan B in case our supplier of laser cut pieces didn't work out. Turns it they did just fine, so the original cross pieces are used instead.
The parts include Aluminum square tubing, laser cut delrin plastic, rapid prototyping plastic and even carbon fiber. Here are most of the parts laid out.
Starting to cut the carbon fiber rods. I made a jig to hold the carbon fiber rod as it wouldn't be solid in a vise by itself. Additionally, to limit the amount of compression on the carbon fiber I inserted an aluminum rod into the carbon fiber and it worked great.
Carbon fiber rods all cut down to size.
PVC Pipe used for landing legs being cut down to size. The original plan called for 3" foam, but to keep assembly easy 1.5" PVC Pipe was used instead.
PVC Pipes all cut down too.
Starting assembly. Most of the components are installed except for the landing legs. Carbon fiber rods are installed using friction. The original plan was to drill holes and put screws in but the friction is holding the carbon fibers hold pretty well.
All assembly completed. Due to sanding, landing legs are a little crooked so it rocks a little but is great for the first prototype. Assembly went very well. The only hiccup was the holes laser cut in the cross pieces were a little small for the bolts but a little drilling fixed that. This will be given to the SIUC Senior Design Team to help them finish working on the ICARUS Automatic Landing Pad (ALP).
The final product should look something similar to this. Eventually we plan on building the ICARUS Vehicle in real life in entirety. Until then, you can get more information on ICARUS
here (while it's still live) and soon everything will be moved to a Open-Source repository on Google Code for your enjoyment.
Thanks.
I finally received the rest of the parts needed to put together the ICARUS Vehicle prototype. Here is a CAD drawing of what it should (ideally) look like. NOTE: The blue center piece was a modification made in the design to act as a plan B in case our supplier of laser cut pieces didn't work out. Turns it they did just fine, so the original cross pieces are used instead.
The parts include Aluminum square tubing, laser cut delrin plastic, rapid prototyping plastic and even carbon fiber. Here are most of the parts laid out.
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