With the Arizona Autonomous Vehicles Club, I played an instrumental role in building and testing the electrical hardware for this 12ft-wingspan, VTOL aircraft with forward transition. In my freshman year this was just an airframe prior members purchased from China. It was mainly the efforts of me and Ryan Fong that the motors, servos, and autopilot hardware were mounted and wired with reliable power and signals.
We recently (late 2025) had a major successful test flight where the aircraft was hovering (with me at the controls!!) stably while transmitting live telemetry data.
A common sight while troubleshooting- power and signal wires splayed out of a disassembled aircraft for upgrades and issues.
The actual brains of the aircraft are shown here, mounted to a bracket. This sits in the nose of the plane and controls everything.
Disclaimer - not all club members present. Costume was worn due to Halloween.