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K. Adlington

Projects tagged “thermal”

Three of the eleven projects in the catalogue. Show all projects.

Isometric CAD view of the Huia airframe, showing the wing, tail surfaces and ducted fan pod.

2026 · Team member - RF integration; oversaw avionics integration

Huia EDF UAV

A fixed-wing electric ducted fan UAV built by two six-person teams. I oversaw the avionics integration around ArduPilot and ran the RF and antenna placement study in Ansys HFSS, alongside battery thermal-runaway containment, ESC thermal characterisation and the launcher's electrical control system.

avionicsrfthermalfirmware
3D render of the square QubeFC sensor board, Rev B, with its sensor ICs grouped at the centre and SPI, I2C and power connectors along the edges.

April 2026 · Solo project

Qube Flight Computer

A custom three-board flight computer designed to run ArduPilot on a high-performance microcontroller, separating the vibration-sensitive sensor electronics from the main flight computer and power distribution hardware. The sensor board is the first completed hardware component; the flight-management and carrier boards are currently in the schematic development phase.

avionicspcbthermal
Terminal dashboard of the test controller in demo mode, with panels for power and electrical readings, throttle control, and the running test sequence.

2026 · Solo project

Automated Testing of Flight Hardware

A Python terminal application that automates flight hardware characterisation testing, using a Cube Orange+ flight controller as both a control interface and data-acquisition platform. Test procedures are defined in YAML, safety limits are enforced within the hardware communication layer, and a simulation mode with an automated pytest suite allows validation without physical hardware.

softwaretestavionicsthermal