Flugtag Monkey Ballers

10/25/2016

TONIGHT! Learn how we crashed and test yourself to see if you could catch our mistake before we did!

Come learn from our mistakes and apply them to your own projects at our FREE workshop, Anatomy of a Fail: Why did the Monkey Ballers crash at Flugtag Challenge?, tonight, from 5-7pm at 33 Arch St. Boston.

The event will be hosted by our lead sponsor, DLA Piper, and takes place at their law offices in downtown Boston.

We hope to see you there! Registration link below:
http://bit.ly/2efmz2N

The Monkey Ballers team from MIT – some of the best AreoAstro engineers on campus – was the favorite to win the Red Bull Flugtag Challenge this August. They designed a craft to glide 100 yards (after dressing up in banana costumes and doing a silly dance). What could go wrong? William Thalheimer an...

09/07/2016

Relive game day! Not the outcome we hoped or expected, but we had a blast anyways!

09/07/2016

Relive our flight test adventure!

09/07/2016

Relive our journey through the Flugtag build!

08/20/2016

It's GAME DAY!!! Doors by the Hatch Shell open at 11, wear CLOSED TOED shoes to be able to check our crafts out up close!

08/19/2016

We are ON SITE setting up!

08/18/2016

We flew once, we'll do it again this weekend. Don't forget to for !

08/17/2016

Hey Monkey Baller Nation!

If you need a reminder about the schedule, here it is!

Game day schedule is out!
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Friday August 19th:

10:00am - Monkey Ballers check in to their pit area by the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade

10:30am - 6:00pm - We'll be assembling our craft, selling t-shirts, taking pictures and kissing babies, join us for the fun!

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Saturday August 20th - GAME DAY!

11:00am - Gates open! (Its *highly* suggested you get to the Hatch Shell *before* 11! Expected crowd is near 100,00 people and you want to make sure you get a good spot by the water to see the show. If you can bike or take public transportation it will likely be far easier than driving/taxi)

11:00am - noon - Come hang out with us by our booth and make sure you get a t-shirt so everyone in Monkey Baller Nation is in yellow!

Noon - Opening ceremonies

12:25pm (T=0) - First flight

appx. 12:50pm - Monkey Ballers fly!!! (We are 7th in the lineup so this time is obviously plus or minus 15 minutes.)

T=7.5 seconds - We go 200ft and win the competition! Partying and celebration ensues...

3:45pm - Awards at the Hatch Shell

8:30pm - Afterparty at Ned Devines!

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Looking forward to seeing everyone at the festivities. If you want more info (or a t-shirt) contact a team member or just respond to this post!

~Monkey Ballers

08/16/2016

Hey Red Bull, We saw your video saying we are going down for real...

Just wanted to say, we are.




https://youtu.be/100Nxqq0R58

MIT Monkey Ballers Does Flugtag.

08/16/2016

Icarus takes flight as wing tip chasers Alex Feldstein and Mike Tomovich run in pursuit

08/15/2016

IT'S US AGAINST THE WORLD!!

08/12/2016

She's finished!!! Behold ICARUS in all her glory!!!

We will be flight testing tomorrow at the Collings Foundation Grass Airstrip at 137 Barton Rd., Stow, MA from 8am to 2pm. Testing will involve hooking the plane up behind a car and towing it down the field at 20mph!

We are super excited to announce that we have enlisted the help of former USAF pilot and chief test pilot at Terrafugia, Phil Meeter! Phil will be lending his vast body of expertise to our testing and will be the first to get Icarus airborne! Then our competition pilot, Alex Feldstein, will take over the controls.

We will definitely welcome spectators at our test day, but if you would like to come, please reply below or contact a team member so we have a head count. The Collings Foundation has been very gracious in letting us use their private airstrip and we do not want to overly impose on them. Also, please know that we will be focused on test so will not be making small talk with spectators until after we have finished testing. Thanks for understanding.

That being said we hope to see some members of Monkey Baller nation at Collings tomorrow as we take flight!

We'll be posting pictures on our instagram over the course of the day and will release a video soon after.

~ The Monkey Ballers