A Design and Build Competition for High School and Undergraduate Students
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A Design and Build competition for High School and Undergraduate Students AIAA Foundation Contents 1 Preliminary Statement ................................................................................................. 1 2 Mission Scenario ......................................................................................................... 2 3 Game Design ............................................................................................................... 3 3.1 Game Overview .................................................................................................. 3 3.2 Competition Classes ............................................................................................ 3 3.3 Target Coordinates: GPS Waypoints .................................................................. 4 3.4 Target Coordinates: AR Tags ............................................................................. 4 3.5 Packages .............................................................................................................. 4 3.6 Package Delivery ................................................................................................ 5 3.7 “Successful Delivery” ......................................................................................... 5 4 Field Design ................................................................................................................ 6 4.1 Field Size ............................................................................................................ 6 4.2 Delivery Zones .................................................................................................... 6 4.2.1 Easy Delivery Zone ..................................................................................... 6 4.2.2 Medium Delivery Zone ............................................................................... 7 4.2.3 Hard Delivery Zone .................................................................................... 8 4.3 Obstacles ............................................................................................................. 8 4.4 Takeoff/Landing Zone ........................................................................................ 8 4.5 GPS Waypoint Markers ...................................................................................... 8 5 Scoring ...................................................................................................................... 10 5.1 Vehicle Performance Scoring ........................................................................... 10 5.1.1 Weight Delivered (W) ............................................................................... 10 5.1.2 Difficulty Multiplier (D) ........................................................................... 10 5.1.3 Delivery Accuracy (A) .............................................................................. 10 5.1.4 Delivery Time (t) ...................................................................................... 10 5.1.5 GPS-Aided vs. GPS-Denied Delivery (G) ................................................ 11 5.1.6 Final Vehicle Performance Scoring Formula ............................................ 11 5.2 Documentation and Design Scoring ................................................................. 11 5.2.1 Design Choice: Hardware ......................................................................... 11 5.2.2 Design Choice: Software .......................................................................... 11 5.2.3 Design Choice: Safety Features ................................................................ 11 ii AIAA Foundation 5.2.4 Paper/Presentation Quality ........................................................................ 11 5.3 Overall Score .................................................................................................... 12 6 Safety Requirements ................................................................................................. 13 6.1 Geofence ........................................................................................................... 13 6.2 Preflight Inspection ........................................................................................... 13 6.3 Return to Launch Capability ............................................................................. 13 6.4 Manual (RC) Override ...................................................................................... 13 6.5 Takeoff/Landing Zones ..................................................................................... 13 6.6 Competition Area .............................................................................................. 13 6.7 Practice Area ..................................................................................................... 13 7 Vehicle Requirements ............................................................................................... 14 6.1 ................................................................................................................................. 14 7.1.1 Rookie Class ............................................................................................. 14 7.1.2 Intermediate Class ..................................................................................... 14 7.2 Bill Of Materials (BOM) Requirements ........................................................... 14 8 Flight rules ................................................................................................................ 15 8.1 Compliance with the FAA ................................................................................ 15 9 Documentation .......................................................................................................... 16 9.1 Team Documentation ........................................................................................ 16 9.1.1 Team Roster .............................................................................................. 16 9.1.2 Proof of Enrollment at an Academic Institution ....................................... 16 9.2 Vehicle Documentation .................................................................................... 16 9.2.1 Bill of Materials ........................................................................................ 16 9.2.2 Video Proof of Vehicle Performance ........................................................ 16 10 Preflight Safety and Technical Inspection ............................................................ 17 10.1 Safety Inspection Requirements........................................................................ 17 10.2 Technical Inspection ......................................................................................... 17 10.3 Competitor Pre-Flight Checklist ....................................................................... 18 11 Schedule ................................................................................................................ 20 12 Bill of Materials Form .......................................................................................... 21 iii AIAA Foundation Figures and Tables Figure 1. An example of an AR tag used for GPS-denied navigation. .............................. 4 Figure 2. Pictured here is a bird’s eye view of competition field. ...................................... 6 Figure 3. Orthographic view of the Easy delivery zone. .................................................... 7 Figure 4. Orthographic view of Medium delivery zone. ..................................................... 7 Figure 5. Orthographic view of the Hard delivery zone. .................................................... 8 iv AIAA Foundation 1 PRELIMINARY STATEMENT The PUNCH competition is being introduced by the AIAA Foundation. It is a new and exciting competition for high schools and university students. The inaugural event will open in the fall of 2016 with the first event occurring in spring 2017. Because this is a beta test of a proposed competition resources are limited. The competition will accept applications from any school that indicates interest, but only 10 teams will be invited to participate. Information about the competition and how to register are available at http://www.aiaa.org/PUNCH. 1 AIAA Foundation 2 MISSION SCENARIO It’s early September and the President of a major university has just met with the manager of the university bookstore. It has not been a pleasant meeting. The President has told the manager that the bookstore operation is the only negative aspect of Move-In Week. The university administration worries that the bookstore presents a negative image to the parents and students, and it quickly erases all the positive experiences created by the housing department, academic departments, registrar’s office, and food services. This year, the lines of parents, students, and professors waiting to enter the bookstore were so long that some people had to wait in the hot sun for 30 minutes or more. The bookstore manager understands. After all, he was working in the store every day and dealt with the hot and unhappy customers. His staff heard many complaints. Every year, just before the start of the fall semester, the bookstore sells thousands of books, t-shirts, stationery supplies, and other items. Even though the bookstore hires temporary workers, it still cannot stay ahead of the demand. Before the start of the next fall semester, the bookstore manager wants to implement a new delivery approach