Results from an aircraft flight

Section 24.5 Results from an aircraft flight

My students have placed this entire data logger into an airplane and flown it. The aircraft itself was a P-51 clone made out of balsa and clear monokote.

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Figure 24.5.1. Aircraft with my students after their maiden flight
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The datalogger itself was soldered to a custom printed circuit board courtesy of Aker Solutions and permanently soldered to a QtPy [32]. The QtPy is a super small microcontroller without any extra sensors so the students only measured GPS and nothing else.

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Figure 24.5.2. Datalogger inside balsa airplane
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After the flight at the ACMA (Azalea City of Model Aeronautics) airfield in Irvington, AL, the students were able to plot the GPS position of the flight. The color code indicates speed throughout the flight.

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Figure 24.5.3. Latitude vs Longitude for Aircraft Flight
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It’s clear from the data that the pilot took off and landed on the runway after flying a few loops around the radio controlled flying field.

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