building

    BUILDING:

In this section, the step-by-step process of building the UAS is shown and discussed.

• DAY #1: WINGS

            The wings were carefully made out of pink foam and they were cut using the foam cutter located in the MDH basement.  The team decided        to start by cutting the both rectangular wings and the aft tail sections (horizontal + vertical).

• DAY #2: STATIC MOTOR TESTING

On day 2, the team assembled the motors and conducted the first static motor testing. As predicted, the tiger motor was found to run to a maximum rotational speed of 8000 rpm, producing almost 3 lbs of thrust.

• END OF BUILDING:

Unfortunately for the team, time constraints and large amounts of work have left the flight test prototype uncompleted.

Luckily, a junior team of Parks College in Saint Louis University has shown its interest on the project and they have committed

themselves to continue on the building next Fall 2014.