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You have reached the home page for the 2011-2012 Senior Design Group 3 at the Mechanical Engineering department at the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering. Here you will find information pertaining to our project and team, as well as updates on our progress.
Scope
This project is sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate at Eglin Air Force Base in Pensacola, FL. The goal of this project is to develop a bomb release unit (BRU) that attaches to a Tigershark UAV. The BRU will hold a cylindrical payload and will be responsible for supplying the interface between the user and the payload that is to be dropped. The BRU will have multiple safety devices to lock-out the release mechanism when the UAV is not in flight, or when the BRU is not in the "armed" mode. The preliminary design considerations will be focused on the types of release and launching mechanisms. An engineering analysis will be performed to determine the optimal design.
