Welcome

Welcome to the Clarkson University UAV "Golden Eagle" Project campaign log. The UAV aircraft carries a sonic anemometer, provided by Applied Technologies, Inc., that acquires wind vectors and accelerations. The project is a portion of a greater effort in collecting weather condition and air quality data near wind farms in Indiana funded by the Department of Energy. In doing so, the onshore collaborative is a preliminary step towards gathering data for proposed offshore wind turbine farms on and around Lake Erie. Several academic institutions and industries are partnered in the research, including Clarkson University, Indiana University, Case Western Reserve University, Arizona State University, EDP Renewables, and SgurrEnergy. Feel free to email the project for more information concerning the campaign, team members, or the "Golden Eagle" UAV aircraft.

For more information, follow the link to Indiana University's project website, http://mypage.iu.edu/~rbarthel/website/DOEindex.html

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Success!!!

Hello everyone! The past few days we have been waiting for the appropriate parts to fix the exhaust manifold. Yesterday evening we managed to fix the exhaust and prepare for today's attempted flight. As you can tell from the title of this post it was a successful maiden flight! The crew is performing a post-flight check over the airframe, and so far we do not have any issues whatsoever. The time it has taken to get "Golden Eagle" in the air has well indeed paid off. 


We are going to attempt to get another flight in before noon today seeing as the wind is picking up. In the evening we hope for a few more flights. Unfortunately, we are unable to publish media to the blog from the field because of a spotty internet connection. But check back later for more flight details, as well as end of the day recaps and media.

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