Flugtag Monkey Ballers

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

Anatomy of a Fail: Why did the Monkey Ballers crash at Flugtag Challenge? 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...

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

Relive our flight test adventure!

Relive our journey through the Flugtag build!

We are ON SITE setting up!

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

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

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

Just wanted to say, we are.




https://youtu.be/100Nxqq0R58

#MITMonkeyBallers Training Session MIT Monkey Ballers Does Flugtag.