Overview: You will design, build, and fly a radio-controlled aircraft.
Team: You will self-select a team of 4-5.
Mission: Your aircraft needs to be able to takeoff from a hand-launch, climb at least 10 meters AGL, circle around once, and safely land. The airplane must stay within the bottom bowl of the park during its flight.
Materials: You are welcome to use whatever materials you like in your construction. Since you didn’t have to purchase a textbook you can think of your materials cost as your textbook cost. We will restrict motor, propellers, and battery selection to a small list that you can select from. The ME and EE shops have some supplies in stock (e.g., servos, foam). We will lend you a receiver that pairs with one of our transmitters. There will also be a small lab fee to help pay for expendable supplies like adhesive and some tool depreciation in the airplane lab.
Flying: We will provide two pilots for the course.
Deliverables: There will be various deliverables along the way including a design review, a build review, glide memo, etc. Guidelines are provided for each of these on the course schedule, with a relatively low weight in points. They are mostly milestones to make sure you are making continued progress. There main deliverable is the final report.
Safety: