Team MOMO is a Saint Louis University team competing in the AUVSI SUAS 2023 competition and is designing and building an autonomous drop vehicle to complete the airdrop task of the competition. The competition is split into four sections: autonomous waypoint navigation, obstacle avoidance, object detection & localization, and finally air delivery. Team MOMO will focus on the air delivery section. The team is tasked with delivering a water bottle from our autonomous UAS to localized ground targets. 

Team MOMO chose to design and build a glider to deliver the water bottle. Our design method consists of iteration and flight testing. We currently have built three designs which had issues with the gliders CG location, structural strength, and wiring. Each iteration has improved on the past design.

Some challenges faced include how to attach the glider to the UAS and how to safely descend. To solve these issues, the glider will be towed behind the UAS. Once dropped, the glider will perform a stall maneuver to reduce speed. After this the glider will autonomously enter a prescribed flight path and fly to the identified ground target.