Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Official Score

The official scores were finally posted. Our final score for the competition was 36th overall.

There were 65 teams that showed at the competition and completed tech inspection, 46 of which had a successful scoring flight. The result was not what we had hoped but our team had made several improvements from last year, and we now know what we have to do keep improving for future teams.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Finally a scoring flight!

This morning we finally got called to fly again. This time we were prepared. The wind was calm and our plane was fast. We veered to the right during takeoff which led Brady to jam the throttle and caused a very short takeoff roll, but the plane handled it quite well. It quickly got up to speed and sped through the first turn but during the first reverse turn there was what seemed to be a stall causing a sudden dive, but Brady recovered nicely and sped through the rest of the flight. Our Final flight time was 1:28 which was one of the faster flight times for the mission.



Unfortunately that was the last opportunity we had to fly during the competition. the competition was officially ended with us 4th in line to fly . So unfortunately thats how it ended, with only one successful flight...

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Competition Day 2

We returned this morning to be re-tech inspected and this time finally passed. While waiting to be re-inspected we happened to miss an opportunity to fly, so we had to wait until near the end of the day to fly. However, this didn't end as well as we'd planned either. Our motor controller got switched with one that not been programmed correctly so it prevented us from getting enough power to get off the ground. so end of day 2: still no flights.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Let The Games Begin!

Today was the first day of the competition, which consists of the tech inspection. Unfortunately it did not go as well as we'd hoped... the judges wanted us to reinforce a few parts of our plane so we had to return to the hotel to get it fixed up. We will have to return on Saturday to be re-tech inspected before we're able to fly...


Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Off To Wichita!

Wish us luck at the competition everybody!! We'll keep you posted about how everything's going!

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Practice, Practice, Practice...

we have been continuing to make adjustments to the plane/controller to reduce twitchy-ness during flight and allow for smoother turns. You can see the difference in the plane's flights below as a result of the adjustments


This is after some of the adjustments were made...

Thursday, April 1, 2010

SUCCESSFULL FLIGHT!!!!!!!!

Prototype 2 was flown successfully today at RJ Corman's airfield!!


Come join us at Pazzo's for the celebration!!!