Latest News

9/7/07
Website finally updated, AME servers have been crashing so web updates will be sporadic

9/01/07
Vehicle pages have been created

4/17/07
Competition Results on News Page

4/17/07
Sig3 almost completed and new pictures on the news page

4/1/07
March 2007 media page added

3/31/07
Update of news page with pictures of various projects

3/28/07
Pictures of work completed as of the beginning of March on media page added, officer changes have taken place

3/20/07
Fuel tank mold picture on news page. Tail section of Sig3 complete.

2/26/07
Fuel tank pictures and description added to News Page.

2/20/07
Website updating has begun. Construction on sig3 regains speed. Teams on creating documents required by FAA's new UAV regulations have been assigned.

2/15/07
Videos on media page are working now.

10/24/06
Pictures have been added to the Media page from the September 30, 2006 flight day.

10/24/06
Daniel Meserve has been voted the Aerial Robotics Club's new secretary.

9/29/06
An Update on the status of the club pertaining to new members has been added to the News page.

9/29/06
The Aerial Robotics Club had their first team flying day on Saturday, September 23,2006. Complete information is on the News page as well as pictures on the Media page (Pictures coming soon).

9/1/06
Information pertaining to the performance in the IARC 2006 is now available in News.

7/11/06
Two autonomous flights have been performed with SR001-232 in preparation for the IARC 2006. Details are in the News page with pictures in the Media page.

6/24/06
Successful autonomous flight with AT002, more information in News page, pictures in Media.

6/16/06
Progress update added to news page, pictures in media

6/10/06
Jason from Advance Ceramics Research helps with setting up and configuring our autopilot system

5/24/06
Advanced Ceramics Research of Tucson makes a very generous donation of several aircraft, electronics, engines, and other useful equipment. This donation has vastly expanded our aerial fleet and will allow for better training as well as give us security in our competition.

5/20/06
Successful maiden flight with our newest plane, Sig Rascal 110. Also tested flight characteristic with mock weights to simulate fully loaded autonomous setup. Pictures will be out soon.

5/18/06
Successfully simulated VERY smooth autonomous flight

5/18/06
Raytheon offers to buy our next $1000 of supplies

5/13/06
Finished new dynamics model and sent it to CCT for review

5/13/06
Shipped autopilots to Cloud Cap Technologies for check up and tuning

5/12/06
Elections Held; Brandon Napier President, Jameson Smith Vice President, Jake Rader Secretary, Matt Douglas Treasurer.

5/8/06
Armin Kurz joins the team, he's an aerospace graduate student

4/19/06
ARC successfully demonstrates robust symbol detection in the lab! Check the news page for details.

4/15/06
This morning's flight was cancelled due to not having the replacement for a cracked engine mount ready. The maiden flight will take place at the next possible opportunity.

4/14/06
Blue Sig Rascal 110 construction completed. Maiden flight tommorrow morning at 8:00 AM!

4/1/06
Blue Sig Rascal 110 Almost Operational. Kill Device built, installed and tested

2/27/06
Prototype Flight Termination system designed. Work underway on 2006 Camera design.

2/18/06
Investigation into recent crash finds that a faulty cable was responsible. Avionics integration of new Sig Rascal 110 underway, details in news section.

2/4/06
Loss of Radio Communications results in crash of the "Red Menace". Details on news page, pics from the flight on media page.

2/1/06
New set of gains developed for use on first autonomous flight Saturday.

1/30/06
Agreement reached with UA Farms for use of a site north of town in Marana for test flights.

1/29/06
Lots of details added to System Overview! Even more to follow soon.

1/28/06
Best weekend meeting in a while. Plane 90% ready for autonomous flight this weekend, only a few tests this week and pitot/static tube integration remains. Significant progress made on PNI and JUAV, code refactored and greatly improved. Subvehicle team got a lot of work on their first prototype. NEW PICS ADDED to Media.

1/27/06
Meeting with Raytheon

1/25/06
Former member Jesse Bertin has rejoined the team.

1/21/06
New members Daniel Meserve, Andrew Stevens and Matthew Douglas form Level Three subteam

1/21/06
Arrangement reached with UA Farms to allow use of unused farmland waiting to be sold in October 2006 as new Autonomous Flight Test area

1/15/06
We have almost completed Level 1. We have simulated initial gains for our new aircraft, and a majority of the system control software is in place