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Development and assembly of a low-cost fixed-wing UAV to supply the demand by edu cation and research in the Geosciences
Vol. 16 (2020), Articles
Vol. 16 (2020)

Development and assembly of a low-cost fixed-wing UAV to supply the demand by edu cation and research in the Geosciences

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https://doi.org/10.20396/td.v16i0.8655049
Published 2020-02-02
Leonardo Renner
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9280-1408
Tatiana Silva da Silva
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7234-0042
Cláudio Wilson Mendes Júnior
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1745-348X
Rodrigo Felipe Wiebbelling
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9207-9497
Gabriel Augusto Breda
Graduando do Curso de Geografia - Bacharelado, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9.500, CEP 91.540-000, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1547-1473
Entrada monumental da Gruta do Lago Azul, ricamente ornamentada por estalactites e estalagmites, situada no município de Bonito, a E da Serra da Bodoquena e a sudoeste do município de Miranda. A região serrana foi edificada em unidades carbonáticas dos grupos Cuiabá e Corumbá, de idade Neoproterozoica. Fotografia: Adriano Gambarini.
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Keywords

Skywalker X8
Pixhawk
Fixed-wing platform
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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RENNER, Leonardo; SILVA, Tatiana Silva da; MENDES JÚNIOR, Cláudio Wilson; WIEBBELLING, Rodrigo Felipe; BREDA, Gabriel Augusto. Development and assembly of a low-cost fixed-wing UAV to supply the demand by edu cation and research in the Geosciences. Terræ Didatica, Campinas, SP, v. 16, p. e020002, 2020. DOI: 10.20396/td.v16i0.8655049. Disponível em: https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/td/article/view/8655049. Acesso em: 16 aug. 2024.
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Abstract

This paper presents the assembly and development of a low-cost Skywalker X8
fixed-wing (UAV) platform for education and research. The use of these platforms for civil use
has gained prominence in the last decade, due to the growing demand for mapping, monitoring,
imaging, inspection, among others, driven by countries such as Brazil and Canada. This paper
recommends some structural modifications that demonstrated a significant improvement in the
performance of this platform, besides cost reduction. The selection of the type of electric motor,
propeller, battery, communication channel, telemetry, and flight controller, followed a technical
study aimed at increasing the range of possible data acquisition areas in the Geosciences. The
result was the development of a UAV costing approximately US $ 4,070.00, a cost that is lower
than the one offered in the market.

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