MACH 5: Bub

This aircraft was designed for the 2020-2021 competition, which was to simulate a sensor towing cargo plane. This competition was required to have the following features:

• A cargo bay which maximizes the amount of sensor containers that can be carried

• The ability to deploy, tow, and retract a sensor during flight

• Demonstrate stable flight of the sensor and programmable lights which are activated from the ground

• Ability to take off in under 100 feet of runway

Due to Covid-19, the competition fly off in Tuscon, AZ was transitioned into a remote video submission of mission capability. Our video submission can be seen below. We were able to get 5 successful flights out of Bub, each testing out and demonstrating new capabilities. A design report was created for this craft and received 1st place for design. Factoring in the video submissions and the design report, our final placement for the competition was 19th place out of 93 teams.

Feel free to check out videos of Bub flying on our Youtube channel here!!