Description
Mission aviation groups operate aircraft in areas with limited infrastructure. Existing airdrop methods pose significant risk due to their lack of steerability. This thesis details the development of Manna, a system built to address these concerns. Manna provides an automated, low cost, safe steerable delivery platform, through a custom designed parafoil and guidance unit. Flight tests and simulations show that Manna can provide a safer alternative for critical air deliveries.
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Title
- Manna: An Autonomously Guided Parachute Delivery System
Contributors
- Severinghaus, Lukas (Author)
- Schlichting, Audrey (Co-author)
- Wende, Anthony (Thesis director)
- Delp, Deana (Committee member)
- Takahashi, Timothy (Committee member)
- Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
- Engineering Programs (Contributor)
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2023-05
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