Quadcopter Landing Gear

Landing Gear Lead for PolyUAS

Overview

PolyUAS is developing two custom 10 kg autonomous quadcopter platforms to compete in the 2026 C-UASC competition.

Mechanical Design

Supporting a package retrieval system, a retractable landing gear system incorporates a Hitec servo to raise and lower the landing legs. Design and fabrication of this project is currently underway, updates will cover the design analysis accounting for buckling stresses and yield stresses under a 5G landing condition.

 Figure 1. Current CAD for retractable system