One of the reasons for the pulse jet was to pair it with a remote control airplane. This would be incredibly awesome, but also incredibly difficult to pull off. I think the speeds that it could be capable of would be more than anything we could wish for. I think the actual design and assembly would be enough to stall the project. Also, an airplane of this size and complexity would only be able to be flown in very limited conditions.

Due to the oncoming winter months of hibernation, another project has (re)surfaced that will allow us to both build it at work, and allow us to launch in less than ideal airplane conditions. We've decided on an ROV. An underwater, semi-autonomous vehicle with remote control. We will start out building a basic frame out of PVC pipes, and add some bilge pumps for thrusters.

If all goes well, we should be able to launch it into the bay, and get some underwater pictures from the onboard webcam. I hope to incorporate a pan/tilt mount as well.

Once all the basic features are working, and we have demonstrated that the ROV works under human control, I hope to add an IMU for stability control.