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Lura Sapp
(850)973-1660
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Guenter Maresch
(850)973-1632
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AIR Challenge

Students in Action
Aircraft
- fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft
- B737-800, Piper Cub, Grumman Goose
- the CoDrone and X-Wing and Tie Fighter StarWars drones
Autonomous Flying
- coding with Blockly
- yaw calibration
- throttle calibration
- pitch calibration
- roll
- take-off and landing
Accurate Flying Skills
- fly a circle
- from Earth to Mars
- to Mars and return to Earth
- orbit an asteroid
Engineering Tasks
- build a remote controller
- build an attachment for the drone for transporting a payload
Flying Skills with a Remote Controller
- from Earth to Mars
- orbit an asteroid
- use the star gate
- rescue an astronaut stranded on an asteroid
- offensive use of aircraft armed with infrared weapons
- defensive maneuvers with StarWars drones
Competition
- From Earth to Mars: autonomous flight, timed event, greatest accuracy wins
- From Mars and back to Earth: autonomous flight, timed event, greatest accuracy wins
- Orbit the Asteroid: autonomous flight, timed event, greatest accuracy wins
- From Mars and back to Earth: remote controlled flight, timed, greatest accuracy wins
- Orbit the Asteroid with a StarWars drone: remote controlled flight, timed, greatest accuracy wins
- Rescue Mission to the Asteroid: Pick up an astronaut and bring him/her back home to Earth
- StarWars Battle