The day started with an annoucement about a change for the last day of racing. There would now be a set order for the boats to race, this was going to limit the number of runs we were going to be able to race. Nick Morley was up again for the first race. The run […]
The submarine was ready to go when we arrived at the facility. The race coordinators changed the course layout overnight making forming a slalom on the back end of the course. The first run with the slalom was unsuccessful, FAU was up next. Nicole Perry was the first pilot to successfully navigate the course fault […]
Day 5 6/27/12 The day started with a presentation by the keynote speaker David Lane – who formerly worked at FAU’s Davie campus on various AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle) projects. In his presentation, he stressed the importance that FAU played in his successful career. Afterwards, part of the team attended presentations by professionals in the […]
We got to the facility early this morning. We all were very excited knowing we were high in the order to get our submarine in the water for final trimming. We got the submarine ready very quickly and it was lowered into the pool. We passed our final wet safety test easily and received permission […]
This morning we got an early start. Around 7:30 a.m. we were transported to the facility by some of the volunteers (driving on the wrong side of the road). After a short briefing with the event organizers and the people who operate the test tank, QinetiQ, we were underway. In short time the submarine was […]
After we all finally met up in the caravan park and got acquainted to our lodging we met up with a few of our competitors both from the United States and the University of Bath. Our hosts from the University of Bath then graciously treated us to a meal. We then spent some time with […]
Cheerio from across the Pond! We all have arrived (or are about to arrive) in London! We are all now making our way to our lodging to assemble the team and be reunited with Talon 1. We have secured a solid Wi-Fi source so we should be able to keep this website updated. Please keep […]
Hi all, As some of you may know we will be participating in the European International Submarine Races! The European International Submarine Races will be held the week of the 25th of June 2012 in Gosport, England. Our vessel is currently crated and in transit to the race facility. We all will be leaving this […]
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