Team Updates & Documentation
Stay updated with our latest developments, build progress, and flight experiences. Follow our teams' journey through the 2025 competition season!
Fly Day
Full Mission Fly Day
All Teams | May 2, 2025
A major milestone: successful autonomous mission, early payload drop testing, and system validation in the field.
Read More →Flight Testing and Systems Validation
Autonomy Achieved: Grass Landings and Mission Success at Airdrie
All Teams | April 16, 2025
After lots of planning and preparation, we headed out to the Airdrie Flying Club for a critical flight test session. With our vehicle...
Read More →Electrical
Electrical System Overview – Lessons from Zenith to Orca
Avionics Team | April 2, 2025
A breakdown of what changed in our electrical system and the key lessons we applied from previous aircraft designs.
Read More →Geomatics
Perfecting the Aerial Mapping with ODM
Avionics Team | March 22, 2025
By using tools like OpenDroneMap (ODM), we...
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Final Ground Control System
Avionics Team | March 16, 2025
Our process began with designing a streamlined workflow for integrating UAV control, imaging, and autonomy into a unified GCS platform.
Read More →Intelligent Systems
Optimizing the Detection Model and Spatial Integration
Avionics Team | March 15, 2025
Advancing our detection capabilities remained a top priority...
Read More →Intelligent Systems
Testing the Detection Model
Avionics Team | March 8, 2025
We focused on testing our detection model in two stages...
Read More →Flight Control
Familiarizing with Mission Planner and Hardware Integration
Avionics Team | March 1, 2025
As the plane draws closer to completion...
Read More →Flight Control
Testing Custom Flight Control Code: Simulation & Integration
Avionics Team | February 20, 2025
To ensure our custom flight control code operates seamlessly, we conducted...
Read More →Manufacturing and Material Processing
Shaping the Control Surfaces: Scoring and Cutting the Elevator & Rudder
Mechanical Team | January 25, 2025
With the fuselage and wings nearing completion, we turned our attention to shaping the control surfaces...
Read More →Manufacturing and Material Processing
Strengthening the Fuselage: Adding an Extra Layer of Carbon Fiber
Mechanical Team | January 11, 2025
After completing the initial fuselage layup, we identified a few areas that required additional...
Read More →Manufacturing and Material Processing
Perfecting the Layup: Wrapping the Wings for a Smooth Finish
Mechanical Team | December 21, 2024
After preparing the wings and tail surfaces, we moved on to one of the most exciting phases..
Read More →Flight Control
Custom Autopilot Integrations
Avionics Team | December 20, 2024
Finalizing our MAVLink integration for autonomous flight control, waypoint navigation, and precision payload drops.
Read More →Manufacturing and Material Processing
Carbon Fiber Layups: Building Strength into the Wings and Tail
Mechanical Team | December 14, 2024
After preparing the wings and tail surfaces, we moved on to one of the most exciting phases..
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Preparing for the Layup: Sanding the Wings to Perfection
Mechanical Team | November 30, 2024
With the wings and tail surfaces cut and shaped, the next crucial step was preparing them...
Read More →Geomatics
Geomatics Algorithms for Target Localization
Avionics Team | November 25, 2024
In-progress development of our custom geolocation pipeline using regression-based correction for SUAS targets.
Read More →Manufacturing and Material Processing
Precision Foam Cutting for Wings and Tail Surfaces
Mechanical Team | November 23, 2024
With the molds prepped and ready for layup, we moved on to another important task...
Read More →Intelligent Systems
Computer Vision Artificial Intelligence Model Development
Avionics Team | November 20, 2024
Laying the groundwork for a robust, real-time object detection system for SUAS 2025.
Read More →Design and Modelling
Preparing the Molds for Carbon Fiber Layups
Mechanical Team | November 16, 2024
Before we could proceed with the carbon fiber layup process, we had to...
Read More →Electrical
Designing the SUAV Power Board: A Custom Power Distribution Solution for UAVs
Avionics Team | November 10, 2024
Since November, we have been working on a custom-designed power distribution board for UAV systems...
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Planning Our Avionics System
Avionics Team | November 3, 2024
As we embarked on designing our UAV system, our first priority was laying out a clear avionics system for electrical and software engineers to build off...
Read More →Design and Modelling
Innovating Carbon Fiber Layups
Mechanical Team | November 2, 2024
Building on our aerodynamic and structural design work, we then focused on the...
Read More →Ground Control System
Ground Control System Architecture Overview
Avionics Team | October 16, 2024
A look into the system design behind our custom GCS and mission computer for SUAS 2025...
Read More →Design and Modelling
Refining Flight: Aerodynamic Analysis and Fuselage Design
Mechanical Team | October 12, 2024
When designing our aircraft, we needed to balance aerodynamics, structural integrity, and...
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Rebuilding Our Ground Control Station: A Fresh Start for 2024-2025
Avionics Team | October 10, 2024
Our process began with evaluating and improving last year’s GCS architecture, leading to a complete redesign for reliability, usability, and long-term maintainability.
Read More →Introduction
Kicking off the year - SUAS 2025
All Teams | October 1, 2024
Preparing for SUAS 2025 and kicking off the year with a brand new team...
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