Today we were able to fly with the plane. The first flight, mission 1, was a success. A pilot from another team flew our plane the first time to test it. We then repeated mission 1 allowing our team pilot, Brady Doepke, to fly the plane. This flight was also succesful.
The second mission was 4 laps with a full water bottle which added roughly 10 lbs to the plane. We were able to complete 3.5 laps before power issues prevented the plane from continuing. Thankfully, the plane was still mostly intact after the impact.
Due to the damage that was done to the plane and the power issues, the team decided to stop with mission 2 and be able to arrive home with a plane. The team felt the competition was a success. We were in the top 50% of the competition. There was a large number of teams that weren't able to qualify due to the inspections. Our team's goal for this first venture in the AIAA DBF competition was to qualify and succesfully complete a mission, which we achieved.
Pictures from the flight will be coming.
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GO BIG BLUE!! I'm proud of all of you guys and girls that worked ridiculously hard on it for months and months! The Big Blue Flyer is certainly a TANK of a thing but it did great.
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Now everybody on the team... get some rest!
-Britney