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FlyingFish


Participants:
  • Aerospace Engineering Faculty: Ella Atkins, Pete Washabaugh, Luis Bernal
  • Aerospace Engineering Students: Ryan Eubank, Andy Klesh, Nick Rooney
  • EECS / Naval Architecture (NAME) Faculty: Guy Meadows (PI/NAME), Brian Gilchrist (EECS)

Funding/Sponsor:

DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Persistent Ocean Surveillance (POS) Program




Synopsis

The FlyingFish autonomous seaplane was designed and constructed by a joint team of aerospace and marine hydro-dynamics researchers at the University of Michigan over a period of 6 month starting in May of 2007. The "Fish" successfully completed Monterey Bay sea-trials in late October 2007, autonomously conducting a series of takeoff - through - landing flight segments on the open water. Designed for "station-keeping" the persistent surveillance system monitors the aircraft's position relative to a desired "watch" region and automatically initiates flights to reposition the craft as needed.

Publications/References

List publications or references.

Additional Images:

FlyingFish

Links + Misc

Marine Hydrodynamics Lab (MHL) Flying Fish Website

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