Honda "Chapedrone"
The final studio class in my Industrial Design degree! Our project was to design a drone that 1) had to adhere to an existing recognizable brand, and 2) had to fulfil a social or environmental role.
I chose to design a drone that would supervise a loved one (child, family member or friend) on their way to or from home, from school, university or whatever.
The brand I chose to represent was Honda, cause I am really digging what they're doing with their cars nowadays - dem tail lights, mm-hmmm :)
I named it the Honda "ASA-V1 Chapedrone". ASA stands for Autonomous Supervision Attendant.
Hero Shot!
'Supervising your loved one - not surveillance" :)
Hovering along, camera tilted down.
Hi-speed mode, full tilt forward with the motors.
Snippet from final presentation.
Snippet from final presentation.
Initial roughs, knowing I wanted a long lasting drone. Some exploring with solar panel, lifting body and helium balloon types.
Second round of concepts - we were required to have 3 different designs on the same idea, hence the quite disparate designs.
First rough 3D model and form study.
Snippet from final presentation.
Snippet from final presentation.
Snippet from final presentation.
Snippet from final presentation.
Snippet from final presentation.
Exploded view.
Revision of fasteners in the refinement of 3D model for 3D print.
Partial print on the Form2.
Camera gimbal in action.
All pieces (except motors) in and dry fitted.
Primer undercoat!
Test fit after the primer.
Final touches a day or so before it was due, some stressful times!!
Close-up of the 3D printed, molotow-chrome coated Honda badge.
Close-up of the laser-cut Honda decal.
Shot of the final model.
Now displayed in the University of Canberra's in-house workshop's display cabinet, along with another of my projects.