We will be exhibiting our flight simulator for the ESC’s Engineering Week on Monday, 2/17 from 6-8 PM in the Lerner Hall “party space”. Stop by to get some virtual flight time in! In fact, we might even have the chance to get in some real flying time too, but that’s a surprise we’ll leave for those who come.

Work on the prototype plane is continuing. Many of the constituent parts and electronics are on their way; we are waiting on them to arrive so we can finish that plane! In the meantime, we are preparing our test equipment. We have created a rig for the motor to see how hard it can pull. We also manufactured two 1 lb blocks for cargo. In addition, we bought a corrugated sheet that matches the one our final plane will have to taxi on for the first mission of the competition. The goal is to test different wheel diameters to try and roll across the sheet without issues.

We are also making progress on the all-important design report! On Friday, we will meet to finish and begin editing it. Finally, we are expecting to finish the redesign of our website soon, including bios of our members!

As always, if you are interested in building airplanes and airplane-building-related activities, stop by our weekly meetings at 9 PM in 233 Mudd.