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| Dan Edwards discusses the challenges of autonomous
soaring to an astonished and interested audience. Their glider can by itself
recognize and utilize in flight the thermals it encounters. |
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| Team ALOFT: Adam, Dan, and Chris |
Adam controls the plane during launch and landing. |
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| The airframe is a stock SBXC. |
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| Let's see... the plane is... |
...right over there... |
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| Adam bringing the plane home. |
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| The performance of this robo-plane and its
software exceeded everyones expectations. |
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| Dan sez: nuthin' to it... just a bunch of computer wizardry. |
 We
are looking forward to fly with Team ALOFT again in a year. |
