Goals:
- Design and fabricate a custom trolling motor, based on Flipsky BLDC hardware and a Pixhawk/ArduPilot control stack.
- Perform hydrodynamic analysis to validate design choices and basic structural integrity.
- Integrate GPS, inertial, and/or vision-based navigation systems with control hardware to allow autonomous waypoint following.

Status:
- Mast, motor mount, and boat mount designed and fabricated
- Electronics enclosure design in progress
- Electronics testing nearly complete, only missing basic servo checkouts
- Drag simulation in ANSYS Fluent complete
- Full integration testing awaiting temperatures below 100 °F

Goals:
- Learn the fundamentals of forged carbon fiber design and fabrication
- Design and build a custom FPV drone frame as a replacement for the Kayoumini 2.5
- Utilize Autodesk Fusion simulation to optimize geometry for minimum weight
- Perform aerodynamic analysis, ensuring good airflow and minimizing unnecessary drag
- Perform real-world flight and impact testing to validate improved performance versus the baseline

Status:
- Forged carbon fiber support equipment procured and tested
- Several practice forged parts designed and fabricated
- Initial frame design studies performed

Goals:
- Learn the fundamentals of quadcopter design and controls
- Apply these fundamentals to the construction and flight of several FPV drones
- Practice and build experience in flight and with ground operations/safety

Status:
- Quads of various sizes (5", 2.5", 75mm) built and tested
- Hundreds of hours of simulator flight experience
- Dozens of hours of flight experience
- Custom frame design in progress