CREATORS OF THE KODIAK

U of I Senior Design Project IntroAugust 27, 2015

Jamie Slippy – Principal Engineer, Kevin Breneman – Flight Test Engineer

Quest Aircraft Company

Sandpoint Idaho

Quest Aircraft Company History• Started in 1998

– Provide an airplane for Missionary and Humanitarian organizations– Must burn jet fuel– Operate from short, unimproved fields– KODIAK® 100

• First Flight, October 16, 2004

• FAA Type Certificate, May 30, 2007

• FAA Production Certificate, September 15, 2009

• Over 150 KODIAK® 100s produced to date

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KODIAKS® AROUND THE WORLD

Dynamically Scaled Model Project• Dynamically Scaled Models

– Accurately Scaled Dimensions– Accurately Scaled Mass Properties– Accurately Scaled Available Power

• Results in Accurately Scaled Flight Dynamics– The motions of the model can be used to predict the motions of the full-scale

airplane.– This can allow determination of the full-scale flight characteristics prior to

building and flying a full-scale prototype.

• Reduces Risk– Increased Safety: Major design problems can be identified and fixed without

risking a pilot/crew using a vehicle that is much less likely to cause severe damage to people or structures on the ground in the event of a crash.

– Reduced Cost: Identifying and fixing problems earlier in the design process reduces the cost of the fixes, and increases their effectiveness.

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How Can You Help?• Quest Aircraft Company Senior Design Proposal

– Design a flight management and data acquisition system to fit in a 1/5 scale KODIAK® 100 airplane model

– Build and Install the system in a test bed aircraft model– Assist in the flight testing of the system– This system will then be used to help design and build the next Quest

Aircraft Company Airplane

• Multidisciplinary Project– Mechanical Engineers– Electrical Engineers– Computer Scientists

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Specific Skills Required• Mechanical Engineers

– Linkages– Load Cells– Mechanical mounting of sensors and hardware

• Electrical Engineers– Electrical hardware: sourcing, integrating, designing

• Computer Science– Software Integration: telemetry, data collection and storage, data display

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KODIAK®…

…FOR WHEREVER LIFE TAKES YOU