Design and Implementation of a Multi-Media Surveillance Vehicle

his paper presents a system that can travel on land, water, and air. The system uses the essentials of a hovercraft and a tri-copter to cover the three media of travel. This was achieved by fabricating a common chassis, with composite materials and 3D printed parts, for both systems and integrating the two using specially designed control electronics. This paper also justifies the selection of a tri-copter and a hovercraft as per analysis, models, and intended purpose of the system. The completed system can fly for 15 minutes or run/sail for just under 2 hours.