American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Design Build Fly Competition

Date Range:

April 15, 2016 to April 17, 2016

Event Type:

Sponsored

Location:

Wichita, Kansas

Description:

The Aggie Barons, the TAMU team competing in the AIAA Design Build Fly competition described below, is competing in Wichita, KS, this April. Our team has spent the last two semesters designing and building every aspect of two fully functional "model" planes. During the competition, we will compete against teams from over 25 other countries and see whose plane designs can perform the best.

http://www.aiaadbf.org/

The AIAA through the Applied Aerodynamics, Aircraft Design, Design Engineering and Flight Test Technical Committees and the AIAA Foundation invites all university students to participate in the Cessna Aircraft Company/Raytheon Missile Systems - Student Design/Build/Fly Competition. The contest will provide a real-world aircraft design experience for engineering students by giving them the opportunity to validate their analytic studies.

Student teams will design, fabricate, and demonstrate the flight capabilities of an unmanned, electric powered, radio controlled aircraft that can best meet the specified mission profile. The goal is a balanced design possessing good demonstrated flight handling qualities and practical and affordable manufacturing requirements while providing a high vehicle performance.

To encourage innovation and maintain a fresh design challenge for each new year, the design requirements and performance objectives will be updated for each new contest year. The changes will provide new design requirements and opportunities, while allowing for application of technology developed by the teams from prior years.

Contact Information:

Dr. Greg Chamitoff
Aerospace Engineering

advisor@aiaa.tamu.edu