Support of AIAA Student Aircraft Design/Fly Competition.

Abstract

This report is made up of the combined reports of eight separate teams of students who entered the 1997 Design, Build & Fly Competition. The objectives of the competition were to have student teams design, build and fly unmanned remote control electric aircraft designed for maximum range on a limited battery. A "fly-off" took place on a private airstrip at Ragged Island, Md., in April 1997. Winners of the contest: 1st place, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 2nd, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University; 3rd, Texas A&M University. The Design, Build & Fly Competition was supported by Cessna, the Office of Naval Research and the AIAA Foundation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA329477

Entities

People

  • Chris Bovias
  • Gregory S. Page
  • Michael Selig
  • Wil Vargas

Organizations

  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Birds
  • Computer Programs
  • Engineers
  • Fuselages
  • High Lift Devices
  • Landing Gear
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Spars
  • Students

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • STEM Education
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy