The main activity of the Pima UAV Club is to compete in the International Aerial Robotics Competition
(IARC).
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Flight/ground test logs
Initial tests; with and without Drop Vehicle
High alpha mode; repair exercises
Test site near lab
First flight of full-scale SVC
Tests of new landing skid, night flights
Landing skid modified to reduce weight and drag
Night testing of blue LED lighting, plus new battery
First flight of 16 % subscale SVC
Second camera test, more repair exercises
Third camera test, stereo pairs extracted
Fourth camera test, comparisons with VRML models
Camera test with IARC symbol on building
First powered flight of SVC 16, plus pusher props
First test of dual camera system
Improved steering of SVC 16
Flight demo for Globe High School students
Dry run at Parker Canyon Lake
New autopilot operational
GPS waypoint tracking demonstrated in flight
Orbit attempted with square waypoint pattern
Waypoint tracking test ends in crash
Successful tracking of square waypoint pattern
Waypoint accuracy boosted by reducing aileron gain
New elevon mixer and triangle waypoint pattern
New GPS data recorder flown
Test of new ground rover testbed
First flight of experimental camera
Hover test vehicle, for Level 3
Papers submitted to IARC competition:
2005
2006
2007
Current
system architecture,
as proposed for Level 4.
Team Ada
Last mod 2008/01/03 FLM