PROTOTYPE 1 COMPLETE!!

Its done just in time for E-Day!!! Take a look!

Thanks everyone for your hard work and support!!

Prototype 1 making big strides!

This week has been a major build week for our first prototype. With one wing complete, the tail built and ready to be mounted into the fuselage, the motor mount installed, wing spar holes cut and reinforced, and landing gear about ready to be installed we are well on our way to nearing completion. Once a few more parts arrive we can get the second wing put together and get up in the air in no time!!! We are still on schedule to have a completed, ready-to-fly prototype for E-Day here on campus this Saturday from 9am to 1pm.

I'd like to send a big thanks to all our team members as well as the underclassmen who have been helping us make this happen. We need to keep up the hard work and get this bird in the air!!

More cold days of flying

With the flight computer reading 25F with a steady 10mph wind a few brave team members headed out for our coldest flight yet. Another five flights with the ARF and duraplanes collecting more data on the flight computer were completed. Except for minor frostbite and the pilot literally realizing he can't feel his fingers while flying; the day went well.


A few days later we returned with a few more tweaks to the flight computer. While the weather was warmer (28F) the snow was thick. Despite bringing every tool we did not bring a snow shovel.

An hour with a sheet of plywood and a tiny section of runway was clear and we were off. The flight went well and important data was recorded. Eventually an electrical issue caused the plane to twitch on landing missing the small patch of cleared runway. The gear was stripped and the plane became a sled for the last 30ft. But all is well and we will be back up next week.