Hello friends and backers!
It has been a long time, but I have some good news, our drone and sensor array has been undergoing flight test this week! We have been deploying our DJI Phantom with a shoe box sized enclosure that contains a self-powered and contained unit that utilizes an ozone sensor, Arduino micro-controller andLCD display screen. The system is capable of powering the sensor and recording ozoneconcentrations to an onboard SD card using computer code developed by projectco-PI and Masters student Chris Haskin. The system does fly and the pictures below are from test flights on August 1st of 2017.
We have found the sensor array unit does alter the flight characteristics of the DJI-Phantom and the design will need to be improved to allow better flight handling by reducing weight and making the center of gravity of the sensor array closer to that of the drone.
Stay tuned for more results of flight testing and data collection!
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