For the wing Olivia is looking into adding cutouts to the airfoils to lighten the wing. She is also determining how many of the airfoils should be balsa or birch plywood, the birch will give the wing its strength while the balsa simply gives it the shape.

Chris is looking into 3D printing connecting blocks to attach the tail components in a lighter way than last years plane. He is designing them now and going to have prototypes printed soon to stress test.

Brandon is starting to make an integrated design with the Solidworks files of the designs so far.

Christine has determined to decrease the height of the landing gear a little more, this will decrease the weight of the landing gear. She is also planning to prototype the dropping mechanisms.

Alison is planning to order the RTK GPS as soon as possible, after double checking a few questions with the   manufacturer. She is also working on the quadcopter with Chris and Grant the underclassmen helping with the project! They determined the issues with the yaw and corrected them. Grant is now working on building a stand for the quadcopter!

Here is the integrated design so far with the fuselage, wing and tail!