Long Range Drone

Background:

Hydrogen fuel cells are a form of renewable energy that is easily accessible since hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, and do not cause pollution or danger to our environment as they do not release greenhouse gases as opposed to burning fossil fuels.The long range drone project uses a fuel cell battery as a source of power for a flying robot that can be remotely controlled or fly autonomously through software-controlled flight. For this particular project, we will be researching the fuel cell efficiency in a drone that we will design and build ourselves. Groups will be building a structure for the drone and assembling electronic parts for use throughout the experiment, while keeping the fuel cell as the focal point of this project. 

Goals and Objectives:

This year (2020-2021), the team will design and crate a fuel cell battery powered drone that flies and add the application of carrying loads as well as filming to the drone. Fully defining how the fuel cell battery will be applied to a drone. 

Team contacts:

Project Team Lead: Xuwen Lin xuwenl1@uci.edu 

Faculty Adviser: Professor Yun Wang yunw@uci.edu