Updates
9/4/12
Proposal Presentation
9/11/12
Preliminary Design
9/17/12
Preliminary Design
9/24/12
Preliminary Design
10/1/12
Preliminary Design
10/8/12
Design and Calculations
10/15/12
Design and Calculations
10/22/12
Testing equipment ordered and testing begins
Modeling parts
10/30/12
Engine testing, modeling parts, more calculations
11/6/12
Finalizing designs and calculations
Designing parts on Solid Works
11/13/12
Finalizing fuselage and wing design
Designing parts on Solid Works
11/20/12
Conducting ANSYS testing on all our parts
11/30/12
Frantically trying to finish our report
12/5/12
Final presentation
12/12/12
Preparing budget proposal
1/7/13
Budget approved
1/14/13
Parts ordered
1/22/13
Begin Construction
3/24/13
Test Flight! (see the successful test flight on the youtube link provided)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llsEm9RTQzw
3/27/13
Begin construction of box for shipment
Begin construction of spare parts
Begin construction of parts to improve plane
4/11/13
Flying off to California!
4/12/13
Placed 5th out of 37 in technical presentation!!!
Passed technical inspection
4/13/13
It was the first day of flying. The plane flew all 4 rounds, with one being the empty payload round! The maximum payload the plane lifted today was 20 lbs!
4/14/13
It was the second and last day of flying. The plane flew all 2 rounds and the maximum payload the plane lifted was 25 lbs.
We placed 7th out of 37 teams in the regular class competition!!!
Proposal Presentation
9/11/12
Preliminary Design
9/17/12
Preliminary Design
9/24/12
Preliminary Design
10/1/12
Preliminary Design
10/8/12
Design and Calculations
10/15/12
Design and Calculations
10/22/12
Testing equipment ordered and testing begins
Modeling parts
10/30/12
Engine testing, modeling parts, more calculations
11/6/12
Finalizing designs and calculations
Designing parts on Solid Works
11/13/12
Finalizing fuselage and wing design
Designing parts on Solid Works
11/20/12
Conducting ANSYS testing on all our parts
11/30/12
Frantically trying to finish our report
12/5/12
Final presentation
12/12/12
Preparing budget proposal
1/7/13
Budget approved
1/14/13
Parts ordered
1/22/13
Begin Construction
3/24/13
Test Flight! (see the successful test flight on the youtube link provided)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llsEm9RTQzw
3/27/13
Begin construction of box for shipment
Begin construction of spare parts
Begin construction of parts to improve plane
4/11/13
Flying off to California!
4/12/13
Placed 5th out of 37 in technical presentation!!!
Passed technical inspection
4/13/13
It was the first day of flying. The plane flew all 4 rounds, with one being the empty payload round! The maximum payload the plane lifted today was 20 lbs!
4/14/13
It was the second and last day of flying. The plane flew all 2 rounds and the maximum payload the plane lifted was 25 lbs.
We placed 7th out of 37 teams in the regular class competition!!!