Ground Effect Vehicle:

This project was aimed at building long-distance, high speed vehicles for reconnaissance and environmental-monitoring.  After months of research, I began prototyping.  Admittedly, my understanding of aircraft design was far from complete, yet I went ahead and built version one.  I spent a number of weeks trying to make it fly, crashing it, and taping it back together.  Eventually it was beyond repair, and I felt I had learned what I could so it was time to build version two.

Above was a proof of concept that we designed and built in 48 hours.