The design report

Pod Layout 3.1.9
The pod of the aircraft was made the payload for the whole mission. This was because
the pod was designed to be easily removable and assembled. The pod did nothing but to
carry a little spy camera in it to take video during the whole flight profile. The nose of
the pod was made pointy for aerodynamic purposes.
Analysis of concept 3.2
Analysis of propulsion system 3.2.1
Propulsion testing was done in the first week of November. Relationship between the
current and the pulling force generated by the motor was obtained for the experiment.
Motor #2006 and 14x9.5 mm propeller was used in the propulsion test. Note that the
batteries provided to us were old and their performance might have been altered. In the
real flight test, two 4 cell (14.8 V) batteries were connected in series. A choice of motors
was not given. But from the propulsion test, we concluded that the motor given to us
generated enough thrust.
Figure 3.2.101-shows the schematic of the propulsion testing rig.
Figure 3.2.102-Setup of propulsion test