Overall we completed all the goals we wanted to complete at competition. We were the first team ever to seamlessly transition from Level 1 to Level 2. We had both Sig2 and Sig3 flying autonomously in a reliable manner. We got video footage of the town from the camera’s mounted on the planes and still images from Sig3. The ground station and video capturing systems worked out well in our extremely mobile HQ. Overall a very good competition. The only problems the club had was Sig2 tail wheel fell off during one of the flights and Sig1′s tail wheel was used as a replacement. Then on our 3rd attempt of the day there was a problem with Sig3′s com antenna and mid-flight, shortly after take off com went down and continued to phase in and out. The kill device was used to shut off the motor to prevent the plane from going ballistic. However, Brandon was able to dead stick Sig3 and glide it into a semi-hard landing near the runway and the only thing that happened was some bent landing gear and a cracked wing support.
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