Hello my name is

George Partridge

I'm a second-year Mechanical Engineering student at Georgia Tech. I'm most interested in robotics and rapid prototyping. If you're working on either, get in touch.

What I'm doing now:

Updated October 2026

Building a four-wheel differential swerve robot. When I have time, I go back to the speed drone and work on GPS autonomy.

Projects

Personal Project CFD 325 km/h GPS peak

Quadcopter Speed Drone

A 3D-printed quadcopter built from stock 5" parts to go as fast as possible. It carries GPS so I can add autonomous flight later. I designed the airframe in SolidWorks around the electronics and camera, then compared four fuselage shapes in OpenFOAM at angles from −4° to 13° and speeds from 10 to 100 m/s. I soldered all the electronics myself and tuned it in ArduPilot.

325 km/h GPS peak on the third flight, unverified (172 km/h on the maiden, at 48% throttle)
880 g printed in PLA
Peak L/D of 9.1 at 5°, and passively pitch-stable

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CAD model of the four-wheel swerve robot with orange LiDAR on top

In Progress Fusion 360 FEA ESP32 KiCad

4-Wheel Differential Swerve Robot

Each of the four wheels steers and drives on its own, so the robot can move in any direction while it turns. The chassis is fully 3D printed and carries custom electronics and a LiDAR for mapping.

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Light building

Lamps and fixtures I print on my Bambu A1 between bigger projects, plus a hanging planter. I modelled the mini lamp in Fusion as three parts you can download below, a base, a clicker and a shade.

Fusion render of the mini lamp, three-quarter view — Mini lamp

Printed mini lamp on a bedside table — Printed, awaiting bulb

Assembly (.f3z) Base (.f3d) Clicker (.f3d) Shade (.f3d)

Printed orb night light plugged into a wall outlet — Orb

Printed fixture with a round LED, lighting a wall red — Custom fixture

Bedroom lit red by the orb — Orb, lighting the room

Purple printed hanging planter with a spider plant — Hanging planter