Dear Fellow Flugtaggers,
I would like to introduce you to team ICarus. We are a group of students from Imperial College who decided to enter the Flugtag. This does give us quite a bit advantage, uni (where we're manufacturing) is based 5mins from Hyde Park, in fact we were able to use Hyde Park to do some testing of a model we made. One of the videos below is us testing our model (the basic design without the arty creative bit that will get us lots of points :D). Before we get onto how we have been progressing, we thought it would be best to introduce you to each of our team members.
Meet Pilot Dave, the one and enough to sit with all of our carefully crafted flying machine surrounding him where if one thing snaps he will be the first point of contact. :S The main reason he got the Pilot seat is being the lightest of the team, maybe this will encourage him to eat more. :P Dave also happens to be from Northern Ireland, a possible source of his madness and why he is willing to attempt flight, troubled childhood.
Next is Army Private Andrew, a member of the OTC in London who likes nothing more than dressing up in the uniform, polishing his boots and heading out for dinner followed by lots of alcohol. In fact we aren't expecting to see Andrew back manufacturing tomorrow due to an expected heavy night tonight.
The third member is Action Man Dave, the only one of our team with any real practical experience in manufacturing. There is an air of mystery surrounding Dave regarding where this experience comes from. Various rumours have surfaced of the past three years but none have been confirmed, all Dave says is that he can't tell us.
The fourth member of the team is Alex. We have several fears regarding Alex as over the past week or so of manufacturing he has shown a worrying fascination with Dave's (Action Man) backside. On one occassion we let him loose with the camera Red Bull gave and he spent a solid 3mins zooming in and out of Dave's rear end. There are also a few worrying photographs that we shall show to you all soon.
The final member of our team is Liz. Liz the one who shall be giving us our creative edge, with a keen hand on a sewing machine and an eye for art. Liz is really our secret weapon, while the rest of us make sure we fly (we're hoping to break the flugtag record) Liz will be giving us that vital edge towards the 40 points.
As you can see we are quite a mix of crazy students. Worse photos do exist on facebook of each person but I think for now this will do. We may make a few videos to introduce ourselves a bit better. :D
As for ICarus, our basic manufacturing has been coming along nicely. Below is a video of our flight test that shows why we are confident we will fly. The model is 1:5 scale. Anyways, enjoy the video. :D
We have spent quite a few days this week manufacturing. Here is a video of a typical day in the life of Team ICarus. I shall upload more soon on our progress.
Good luck fellow flugtagers and we hope you are all either enjoying the competition or getting on well with your manufacturing. We look forward to meeting you all the competition. We are hoping to organise an after flugtag party at the college union that people will be welcome to come to. We just need to confirm it all first. :D
Good Luck,
Team ICarus.
