25 December 2013

3, 2, 1, Impact!

While I'm trying to keep the information flowing chronologically, here is a quick out-of-time-order update about our first flight test on Christmas Eve:

Just before our Christmas Eve party, my friend and I flew PUG-1, flight test 1. It worked and actually flew! Unfortunately, we weren't smart enough to keep it near the ground until we we very comfortable with flying. It fell out of the sky from 52 meters up. We don't yet know why, but will be analyzing the telemetry data more later.

 Interestingly enough, it mostly seemed to survive! More on this later, including video.

GPS Module and Battery hanging down. The rest seems okay.