Los Blue Angeles (2006-2007)

"Los Blue Angeles" was designed for the AIAA, Cessna, and Raytheon Missile Systems Design/Build/Fly competition.  The 2006/2007 mission demands an unmanned aerial vehicle to be developed to be capable of internally carrying two payloads, both mock-ups of real payloads: a 3-lb air sampler system and a 5-lb camera ball system.  The aircraft must be able to complete two flight missions, speed and endurance, and two ground missions, deployment (assembly) and payload reconfiguration. The contest was held from April 19 to 22, 2007, and hosted by Raytheon at an RC airfield in Tucson, Arizona.

Project Team Project Manager: Eric Chrisman Chief Design Engineer: Kevin Archibald Faculty Advisor: Jeff Eldredge Alumni Advisor: Anthony Eng Gerard Toribio Tom Wiltse Sarah MacMillan Sara Wales Alex Capecelatro Jerry Huang Gaurav Bansal Ian Schultz Matt Wong William Hourigan Alex Kroll Jeff Jonokuchi Viet Nguyen Photographs

Results Final Score: 9th Report Score: 11th Longest Wingspan: 45.375 in Empty Weight: 6.65 lbs Rated Aircraft Cost: 305.07 lbs x in   Videos Test Flights Flight Test 4 Mission Flights Mission Attempt 3 Mission Attempt 5 Miscellaneous UCLA Contest Montage