Friday, May 24, 2013

Day 2: 5/24/13

We tested battery #5's voltage drain across 3 minutes of full power useage. The results were:

Start: 5.68 volts

End: 5.17 volts

Total change: 0.51 volts

We also recieved several sheets of Dollar Tree foam, which will be made into the main body and possibly the wings, depending on verying design plans.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Day 1: 5/22/13

We chose our Yellow Bee, which was in moderately good condition, although certainly not flight ready. We disassembled part of the body and extracted the electronics. We do not plan to use the original plastic body, which we will replace with a lighter foam body. We may choose to make the wings out of the foam, or we may use the stock wings, possibly in a biplane configuration.

-Ben Whipkey