Skip to content
Carefully examine the Believer airframe kit and its contents, use the user manual, and identify each part. Take photos of the variety of parts.Review the build instruction blog part list on electronics and compare it to the Purdue Bill of Materials (BOM). Create a table and compare the two. Identify each major step for assembly, rewrite instructions so they are more straightforward, and highlight one or two critical points that would cause failure if done incorrectly.
Believer Identification
Introduction
In this lab, we were introduced to the Believer airframe, its key components, examined the kit contents, identified structural parts, connected them to their functions in flight, analyzed the bill of materials, and used an external build guide to determine how documentation supports the assembly process.
Resources
User manual:
Assembly Guide:
Purdue BOM
Build Instruction Blog:
Partners
Kenzie Florkiewicz, Isabella Avedician, Nico Jaeckle, Clayton Brown, Diego Hernandez
Objective
Planning and Execution
We arrived at the lab at 1330 and were assigned our kit. After reading our objectives, we delegated each task to prioritize time and quality. We determined that the electronic familiarization and build instructions would take the longest. Nico J. and Kenzie F. completed the electronic familiarization table, and Diego H. and Clayton B. completed the build instructions/blog. Isabella A. completed the airframe identification. We completed the assignment around 1500.
Air-Frame Identification:
Isabella Avedician delegated the airframe identification. She took the parts out of the believer kit and laid them out. Using the user manual, she identified each part.
Electronics Familiarization:
Nico Jaeckle and Kenzie Florkiewicz delegated the electronic familiarization. They compared the Purdue Bill of Materials (BOM) to the build instruction part list. They identified the electronic components, their functions, and then the blog equivalent.
Build Instructions/Blog:
Diego Hernandez and Clayton Brown delegated the build instructions and rewrote the assembly process. They worked together to go through each step in the assembly process, took pictures, and simplified the instructions.
Tables
Airframe Identification: Isabella Avedician
Table
Air-Frame Picture
Air-frame identification
1 left and right wing
Decorations, warning, hazard stickers
2 empennage connecting parts
1 left and right wing covering plate
1 left and right empennage
2 empennage connecting parts
2 wing inserting carbon tube
1 left and right fuselage
Cabin Cover
Parachute cabin cover
wing connecting parts
Fuselage supporting carbon tube. (1412206mm and 1210206mm) and empennage connecting parts
Cushion at battery area and cushion at flight control area
16 AWG red and black silicone wire
Battery Fixing Board, 2 antenna fixing board
Electric Regulating cover
servo fixing parts(servo installing base, servo presser, servor covering plate)
2 Motor Installing Base, 2 tail reinforcing plate, 2 fuselage reinforcing plate, autopilot locating board, wooden plate of parachute hatch cover, stiffer of parachute hatch cover
Magic tie straps, wire harness tube
Servo extension cable 30 cm, female and male cable 35 cm, aileron/fuel gate Y wire 30 cm
Tail button head screw M2X10
Plastic Latch
cabin cover locking nail
Screw with pads
Chuck
Helmangle
tail button head screw M2.5X8
latching hook
Tail button head screw M2X8
large electronic current connector, servo single-head male connectors, servo single-head female connectors
Stud
diameter of heat shrink tubing 2.5mm*15mm, diameter of heat shrink tubing 6mm*15mm
ball head, link rod, button head screw M2X10, Block nut M2, l
6. Transparent foam glue - not in kit
Self-Contained: 3.0 Philips screwdriver, electric iron, solder wire, lighter, knife, transparent adhesive tape, fabric adhesive tape
There are no rows in this table
Electronic Familiarization: Kenzie F, Nico J
Component Familiarization
Build Instruction/Blog: Clayton B, Diego H
Building & Installation
Summary
The MFE Believer is a portable, fixed-wing drone that’s used for topographic mapping, land survey, landscape planning, and other fields. In the future, we will assemble the MFE Believer and practice flying it. This lab allowed my lab partners and me to get familiar with the airframe components, the electronic components, and their use, and provided a simplified, detailed instruction for assembly of the MFE Believer drone.
Want to print your doc?
This is not the way.
This is not the way.
Try clicking the ⋯ next to your doc name or using a keyboard shortcut (
CtrlP
) instead.