Hey All,
As the team continues to run tests on Challenger and analyze the data, we are continuing to run into complications.
Last night, Challenger was flying pretty well, however we were still flying with full throw on the pump. With this intensity, the batteries last significantly less than with the settings we have flown previously, so Dave gave the command to slow the glider down. When this happened, the heading error looked like the plot above, which signifies something is wrong. This afternoon into the evening Dave worked on visualizing the data and running more tests on Challenger, hoping to diagnose the problem. We are hoping that tomorrow we will get a better handle on what is going on.
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