Back On Track

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

With a fixed thruster arm, we are back to tuning up the control system. Testing went well, but there was an extremely tense moment when the vehicle started turning in circles when it should have been moving in a straight line...

We thought we had lost a thruster again.


Fortunately, it turned out to be some seaweed that had been floating on the surface, which got tangled in the thruster and severely reduced its efficiency.