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Notre Dame MAV Photos & Videos


   

Members of the University of Notre Dame MAV team: (a)at Fort Huachuca and (b)at the Hessert Center for Aerospace Research.


         

Several views of the final Notre Dame MAV design for the 2000 MAV competition.


     

Launch and flight pictures of the ND MAV.


   

Previous versions of the ND design.


Video Clips

These video clips are in MPG and AVI formats. Windows Media Player or Mac QuickTime is needed to view them.

Notre Dame MAV in flight: Video 1
    Taken during the MAV demo flights at the First Conference on Fixed, Flapping, and Rotary Wing Vehicles at Very Low Reynolds Numbers, Notre Dame, IN, June 5-7, 2000 (15 second clip, 3.8 MB).
Notre Dame MAV in flight: Video 2
    Test flight with all required payload for competition mission (105 grams plus 15 grams to account for altitude difference between Notre Dame, IN, and Fort Huachuca, AZ (11 second clip, 2.8 MB).
Notre Dame MAV in flight: Video 3
    Test flight showing the high angle of attack at which the ND aircraft flies (20 second clip, 4.9 MB).
Notre Dame MAV in flight: Video 4
    Test flight showing MAV low speed stability and typical "tumbling" landing (no damage to the aircraft or its components; 11 second clip, 2.9 MB).
Notre Dame MAV on-board camera: Video 5
    Video clip from the on-board camera inside the ND MAV, taken during test-flight simulations of the competition mission (24 second clip, 4.3 MB). Image is blurry due to exhaust from the engine covering the camera lens (fixed in subsequent flights but not available in AVI format).

    Also available in higher fidelity format (18.0 MB!!!).


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