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IT WORKS!!!

Fri, 06 May 2011 15:21:34 +0100

Mounting the hardware

Fri, 06 May 2011 15:21:06 +0100

David working on the power source

Fri, 06 May 2011 15:19:44 +0100

Heatsinks attached to the transistors to manage the temp

Fri, 06 May 2011 14:12:55 +0100

David Soldering the micro-controller

Fri, 06 May 2011 14:11:40 +0100

Working on the motor control

Fri, 06 May 2011 14:10:03 +0100

The control board

Fri, 06 May 2011 05:06:46 +0100

This is the control board located on the original helicopter. we are trying to use this board with to control the motors by mimicking the remote signals.

The logic flow chart

Fri, 06 May 2011 05:04:47 +0100

We drew this on the white board as we developed our logic for our main program

Out of the box

Fri, 06 May 2011 05:03:01 +0100

2-15-11

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:34:51 +0100

Our helicopter arrived today. So it was taken to the coliseum for test flights in order to obtain conceptual knowledge of flight controls and capabilities. Further load capacity testing will ensue later this week.