Design and Development of Fixed-wing UAV, VTOL and Multicopter

 Worked with team members to improve performance and implement design activities. Assigned daily employee tasks and monitored activity and completion. Evaluated employee skills and knowledge regularly, providing hands-on training and mentoring to individuals with lagging skills. Designed strategic plan for component development practices to support future projects. Vendor Development and Discussion with vendors for manufacturing Preparation of BOM Conceptual Approach by studying Market similar UAV’s and Drones Conceptual and Preliminary Design of UAV’s and Drones Selection of Airfoils, Motors and Materials. Analytical and Performance Parameters Calculations Performance evaluation and Stability Analysis by using VLAero+ & XFLR. Calculation of Aircraft stability and control derivatives. Calculation of Aero-load using VLaero+ tool. Autopilot configuration, PID Tuning and operational of UAV & SILS Concept design, 3D Modeling and Detail design of metallic and composite structure  Creating CFD models, basic CFD analysis and comparison of CFD data with Analytical data. Detail Drawings for Prototype Manufacturing. Detail Drawings with GD&T symbols for Composite components Standalone and System-level Motor Testing Prototype Development & Ground Testing. Integration of Payload, Avionics, Sub assembly and Assembly. Field trials of UAVs and Drones. Preparation of Technical Documents. Participated in Defexpo-20 as an Exhibitor

• Conceptual Approach by studying Market similar targets.• Conceptual and Preliminary Design of UAV Target• Selection of Airfoil, Engine, Launcher.• Analysis of Airfoils (2D and 3D) • Analytical and Performance Parameters Calculation & Generation of aerodynamic derivatives and databases• Calculation of Aircraft stability and control derivatives.• Performance evaluation and Stability Analysis by using AAA, VLAero+ & XFLR.• Calculation of Aero-load using VLaero+ tool.• Development of aircraft 6 DOF model & flight dynamics simulation in MATLAB and control law design.• Creating a virtual model of UAV in planemaker and Flying through Flight Simulator X-Plane.• Autopilot configuration, PID Tuning and operational of UAV, SIL & HILS using Veronte Pipe (Embention Autopilot)• Flight control system integration with other systems and Testing• Preparation of Technical Documents for System Requirement Review (SRR), Preliminary/Critical design (PDR/CDR) and presentation to the review committee.• Concept design, 3D Modeling and Detail design of the metallic and composite structure of UAV target using CATIA• Detailed Structural Design of UAV & its components, Portable Launcher, Fuel Tank and Subsystems• Design of Testbed, Standalone and System-level Jet Engine Testing and Working on CANBus protocol.• Meshing of the UAV target and sub-components in Hypermesh• Creating CFD models, interaction with CFD team, comparison of CFD data with Analytical data.• Wind tunnel and flight test planning, model building, execution, and data validation• Detail Drawings for Manufacturing of UAV and Subsystems.• Detail Drawings with GD&T for Metallic and Composite components.• Coordination with fabricator during the manufacturing of UAV and its Subsystems.• CG measurement of UAV.• Assembly and subassembly integration of UAV components (i.e. Metal, Composite)• Integration of Payload, Avionics, Sub assembly and Assembly.