When we got to Aerovironment, we had to check in with the guards and show our passports. After getting our visitor badges and going through many locked doors we were kept watch on in the work shop. We have to be escorted everywhere in the building and have to stay together or be otherwise supervised at all times. No photos for this post as anything with a camera was not allowed in the building. It was hard to go without my cellphone all day knowing it was a few hundred feet away in the parking lot.
The camera payload fit in the Puma after a little filing and dremmeling. It was really great to see it in the plane taking pictures and remaining stabilized when we rolled the plane. After we ate lunch we drove out to the test range and did some flights.
The wind was really blowing so it was cold up there and flying was a little harder. The first flight went well except we didn't have the camera focused right so the photos didn't turn out well. Everything else worked thought. However, the landing on the second flight was a bit rough and the 3d printed payload broke in two places. We spent the next two hours in the shop after we got back working on it to fix it and get it ready for Tuesdays flights.
After we left AV, we stopped at Greg's friend's house and had dinner with them. Really nice people. We talked about Alaska and UAVs and then had a game of pool before going back to the hotel.
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