Aero Modelling
It all began when I was pursuing my engineering at MSRIT, which is quite close to IISc. During my third year, me and couple of friends got together and started working on a UAV under Dr. S N Omkar, Aerospace Dept, IISc. We successfully completed the UAV, flew it and had a great experience in learning how to do it. During this, I got in touch with Mr. Kiran Kulkarni who was working as a research assistant than. And over a period of two years, assisted him in several other UAV's also, in building the Cad models.
Post IISc, Mr. Kiran Kulkarni set up his own company; and over the last few years, I have been helping him in CAD modeling for making production grade tools, mold setups for developing and producing FRP based UAV's. Haribon Aeronautics now has quite an ensemble of UAV's and Copter's being used in several domains including defense based applications, aerial monitoring based projects, and research-based projects.
CAD Modelling
The UAV structure is first modeled in 3D to utmost detail and all further assembly requirements in mind from the drawings in 2D. Once a required level of refinement is achieved, the model is later processed by splitting it in and developing separate mold setups and mold tools. The mold tools are than machined in a suitable hard material, using CNC machining - which requires production level 3D files from the CAD model. The molds are then used to cast the FRP, which then form the main body of the UAV's.
Ekka UAV
