Timothy Takahashi

Optimizing the Design of Structural Joints for Use in Composite UAV Structures

Developing a testing methodology to evaluate the viability of composite joints for use in the structure of a small unmanned aerial vehicle will allow for more efficient designs.

Program: FURI

Determine Failure Mode and Bending Load Capacity of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Composite Square Tubes for Design of Support Structure of Small UAS (Unmanned Aerial System)

Understanding failure of composite structures leads to efficient use of resources, an increase in safety and an improved design process.

Program: FURI

Weight and Moment Estimations for Small Fixed-Wing UAVs

Creating a weight estimation tool will allow for better design decisions regarding small unmanned aircraft.

Program: FURI

Aircraft Performance Data Acquisition

Obtaining electric fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle performance data will help verify and optimize aircraft designs from a single flight.

Program: FURI

How Center of Gravity Location and the Sizing of Control Surfaces Affect Aircraft Stability

Examining how control surface sizing and center of gravity location effect the stability of an aircraft will teach people how to design more efficiently.

Program: FURI

Aircraft Performance and Propulsion Data Acquisition

Determining accurate performance measures of small scale aircraft allows for design validation and greater effectiveness.

Program: FURI

Propulsion Data Acquisition

Optimizing electric aircraft propulsion through data will help maximize range and other aircraft performance features.

Program: FURI

How Control Surface Sizing Affects an Aircraft Stability and Preformance

Studying how the sizing of an aircraft's control surfaces impacts its stability will help teach people how to design more efficiently.

Program: FURI

Instrument Design for Aircraft Performance Measurement

Designing instruments for aircraft performance measurement will increase aircraft energy efficiency.

Program: FURI

Dynamic Thrust Testing Tools

Creating the tools to measure motor efficiency under practical conditions will help optimize aircraft performance.

Program: FURI

Automatically Generated Wing Structure Model

Creating a tool to automatically design wing structures will accelerate future aircraft design processes.

Program: FURI

Optimization of Propeller Characteristics for Applications in Wind Tunnel Testing

Studying the effects of propellers in small wind tunnels will allow for further propeller motion research without the cost of large tunnels.

Program: FURI

Data Enabled Dynamic Thrust Measurement

Developing tools to better measure and evaluate the efficiency of the thrust-generation of aircraft propulsion will make drones more efficient.

Program: FURI

Automatically generated aircraft wing structure

Program: FURI

Effects of Thermal Deformation in Constrained Sheet Metal

Program: FURI

Aerodynamics of Propulsion

Program: FURI