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.

With three weeks left until the design report deadline, progress continues apace!

We recently completed our maple-leaf themed kit plane. The first flight will take place as soon as a suitable location is available. Video is soon to follow!

The kit plane has been a great chance to practice assembling a plane in preparation for our prototype and final design.

Speaking of which, construction of our prototype plane is also under way. We have completed work on the fuselage and will order our electronics this week. Assembly will be finished as soon as they arrive. Our flight simulator is complete as well. We eventually plan to use the simulator to test our radio-control equipment. For now, it is only controlled via keyboard.

Our next major task is to complete the design report. This will involve testing our completed builds and making changes to our final design that will be reflected in the report. Once those changes are finalized and the report is completed, our final build will begin ASAP.

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.