Design #1
Attributes: One Motor, Orange propeller type, flat wings.
Design #2
Attributes: Two motors, orange propeller type, tilted wings.
Design #3
Attributes: Two motors, orange propeller type, flat wings.
Design #4
Attributes: Two motors, gray propeller type, flat wings.
From the various designs of the AEV considered and tested, multiple takeaways were gathered by the team. First, it was very clear that the grey propellers were much less successful then the orange propeller alternatives. This was due to the fact that the grey propellers produced almost negligible movement of the vehicle given the same power output as the orange propellers, which instead produced a significant amount of movement. Second, the motor quantity of two was seen as more precise and stable than the motor quantity of one. This was shown by the inconsistency of the power on the data analysis tool with the one motor configuration over the two motor one. Finally, the transferring of the trapezoidal wings from the angled configuration to the planar configuration was found to increase accuracy and aerodynamics of the vehicle.