Current Technical Projects
IARC Competition
- Construct, design, and test autonomous uav robot
- Work together with Design/Build/Fly and IEEE and divide the project into: avionics, airframe, localization and mapping, and stability and control
- Mission: Autonomously enter building, evade security, find and replace flash drive, and exit the facility
- Competition and associated conferences to be held August 2013
Wisconsin Space Grant Rocket Competition
- Design, build, document, present and launch rocket
- Attend competition on April 27-28 in 2013 to compete against other Midwest schools
- This year's goal: given specific motor, optimize for 3000 ft apogee
- Last year's goal: closest to 3000 ft apogee and transmit live video on the way up back to the ground
- Finished 2nd in the 2012 regional competition
R/C Aircraft
- Using attached camera, configure aircraft for 1st person long distance flight
- Make modifications to improve performance
Jet Engine
- Test and experiment on miniture JetCat engine
- Look into possibly constructing aircraft to mount jet engine on in order to fly
- Check out the first successful run of the engine, JetCat Engine
Past Technical Projects
- Build R/C airplane
- Rocket Races Engineering Open House Exhibit
- Surround display flight simulator
- Deployable wing rocket