Fire Rescue
FIRE RESCUE AUTHORS
Brian Duvall
Ph.D Student at Old Dominion University in Aerospace Engineering M.S Aerospace Engineering,B.S Mechanical Engineering Avid in model airplanes, muti-rotors and FPV racing
David Black
Josef Morken
A Mechanical Engineering student graduating in December of 2016 with a strong interest in the Aerospace field. Passionate about vehicles, mechanical systems and design.
Steven Machamer
An Electrical Engineering major from Old Dominion University with keen interest in Power and Control Engineering. Anticipated graduation for December 2016.
Thomas Veness
FIRE RESCUE BLOG
The Fire Rescue Team
We are the land based fire rescue team at Old Dominion University. What does that mean? Our team is focused on designing a Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for the Carova Beach fire department in North...
Red Eagle Tested at Carova Beach
Brian Duvall, Steven Machamer on the Land Rescue team, and professor Dr. Thomas Alberts drove down to Knotts Island to be picked up by the Carova, North Carolina fire department by boat to go to...
The EMRs are in my ears!
So lets have a little talk about electro-magnetic radiation or EMR for short. Anything that uses electricity emits these EMRs, from your electric toothbrush to your television to the high tension...
Fire Land and Sea Rescue Teams builds new Legs!!!
Flying a drone in a civil environment with clear skies can eventually take a toll on a drone. But flying a drone in less than desirable weather such a storm with strong winds can greatly impact...
Test Flight for Red Eagle!
The Red Eagle took flight today inside the Old Dominion practice basketball gym. The Red Eagle did some basic flying maneuvers to show the flight controller was functioning properly. This is the...
Red Eagle UAV for Fire Rescue
On the eighteenth day of October in Norfolk 2016, Virginia at Old Dominion University students of the Red Eagle project took flight. The goal of the project is to give first responders at Carova...
Fire Rescue Land Defines a Statement of Work
The Fire rescue land based team met for the first time Wednesday October 12th. During this meeting we decided the project had the main objective of being able to search for lost victims as well...
Arduinos are all around!
Programmable micro controllers have hit the streets in a big way the past few years. Sites like YouTube and GitHub are crawling with crafty Do-It-Yourself projects that seek to help solve...
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