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Jan 19th - Jan 23rd
This week felt more hands on and busy compared to the first week, both inside and out of class. Classes started getting more into the swing of things with lectures and labs starting up, and I also spent a lot of time outside of school working on Grand Prix karts.
In AT 219, we spent part of the lecture discussing weather systems and how factors like pressure and humidity affect flight conditions. This tied in well with real-world UAS operations and helped put environmental considerations into context. We also talked more about the ongoing DJI ban and what it could mean for the UAS industry, which is especially relevant to our major and future careers.
During the lab, we shifted focus toward setting up the fixed wing flight simulator for the Believer, called SeligSIM. The goal was to begin learning fixed wing flight behavior in a safe environment. I ran into some issues getting the simulator software to fully function on my Mac, but I was able to get it downloaded and running on my roommate’s PC so I could still work through the setup process and understand how the system operates.
Outside of classes, Thursday was spent driving around Indianapolis picking up karting parts, and then installing and fitting components onto the kart. Over the weekend, our team was also fortunate enough to purchase a new kart from the Honors College for Grand Prix. It is a very competitive chassis and gives our team a much stronger opportunity to perform well this season.
Overall, this week was a good mix of technical learning and hands-on experience, both academically and through extracurricular involvement.
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