We forget to mention that earlier this year we decided we would not be participating in the UAV Outback Challenge this year. As the majority of us are rookies we preferred to gain some experience and do all sorts of wacky stuff. Good luck to all teams this year, and we can't wait to see your designs and delivery systems.
~Nick
Dickson College UAV
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Dickson College UAV team This year, the Dickson College UAV team are entering the UAV Outback Challenge competition, which takes place in Outback Queensland.
The main goal of the challenge is to build and fly an Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV) through the outback, in search of a lost tourist. The team to drop a care package closest to the lost tourist wins a prize of $50,000. The entire project will last for several months, right up until the competition date in September this year. The team consists of people of many talents and abilities, ranging fr
Hawt diggity here we have our next Dickson College UAV interviewee, Nick!
What is your name?
Nick
Why do you do UAV?
It's fun and a creative initiative to develop and test technologies we can use to save lives
What is your role?
The head programmer - code fixing and doing smart stuff on the quadcopter to make sure it doesn't crash
Do you get air sickness?
No I don't and I'm glad
How many times have you crashed?
Over 50 times but they're mostly still alive
Wowee what would we do without you Nick. Look out for our next interview!
18/08/2017
Hawt diggity here we have our next interviewee with Patrick!
What is your name?
Patrick
Why do you do UAV?
Cos flying stuff is kool
What is your role?
Repairing the drones that everyone breaks
Do you get air sickness?
No
How many times have you crashed?
Lots of times
Crashing things is quite common in UAV club so Patrick is super duper vital to our team. Stay tuned for next week's interview!!
28/07/2017
Okey dokey pinky ponky we are proud to announce our first interviewee for the Dickson College UAV Club, Jordan!
G'day, what is your name?
Jordan
Why do you do UAV?
Well I always wanted to make a drone that looks like a bird and shoots rockets from its beak. And has sparkles all over it 🌈
What is your role?
Isn't it something to do with running fixed wings? I think it's piloting
I thought it was velcro manager..?
Nope that's what I want to be; that would be my dream job
Do you get air sickness?
Only when my little brother falls asleep and drools on me
How many times have you crashed?
I haven't crashed yet
You might have to try a little harder next time I reckon. Thank-you Jordan and stay tuned for our next member bio!!!
26/05/2017
For anyone seeking to fly their own drone, this will help make things easy.
Ideas for ejecting the EpiPen
Drop a bajillion EpiPens so that at least a couple land in the right area
Release the EpiPen with an umbrella attached to float down like Mary Poppins
Parachute
Sneak a face onto the target so facial recognition camera can detect and release EpiPen
Kamikaze bomb with the EpiPen attached to the front so that it stabs the person easily
Cast your votes or any new ideas!
19/05/2017
Some unedited footage of our fly session yesterday.
The U.A.V Program is back and better than ever! Be sure to look out for an all new look and updates!
Hello,
Just a quick reminder for the UAV meeting tomorrow. If you are interested in helping us out, the details are below.
Time? 12-4 pm
Where? Dickson College
When? Thursday Week 10 (2/7/2015)
If you are unable to get into the Engineering Lab, please wait outside the front of the school.
If you are planning on coming, some sort of RSVP would be appreciated.
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Debbie Kontaxis and Oliver Mill
Hello,
As I assume you are aware, the UAV team has a large amount of work to complete, before we can go to the Outback challenge. In the last weeks, we have thrown around the idea of some dedicated UAV time to finish the project. If you interested in helping us out, the details are below:
Time? 12-4 pm
Where? Dickson College
When? Thursday, Week 9 (25/6/2015, Tomorrow!) and Thursday Week 10 (2/7/2015)
If you are unable to get into the Engineering Lab, please wait outside the front of the school.
If you are planning on coming, some sort of RSVP would be appreciated.
Apologies for the late notice...
If you have any problems message us on Facebook.
Thank you
This project is open for every student not only engineering students!
We have different fields that students can work on, such as Management, Business, Media, and even the Arts!
There is still time to join the team.
If you have any questions join us in A15 on a Wednesday from 3-4 and we will help you out. :)
Hey guys,
The new rules have been released and we ordered the parts that we need for the design of the quad-copter. The parts are going to get here in 2 - 4 weeks and the students are going to start building the quad copter.
In the mean time,students have been researching and learning how to build the quad-copter, so we can start building immediately when all the parts get here.
Also, students are currently working on the software and drop mechanism of the vehicle.
The project management team hosts meetings every week.
During the meetings every group addresses what they have been up to and what difficulties they are facing, and as a team with the help of our engineering teacher we are trying to figure out the best way possible to solve the problems that we are facing in the most effective and efficient way.
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