STEM SEALs


AIR Challenge

STEM SEALs AIR Student Teams

Students in Action

Before TakeOff for Battle

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