Final Report of the AIAA Student Aircraft Design, Build & Fly Competition

Abstract

This report is made up of the combined reports of 35 separate teams of students who entered the 2002 Design, Build & Fly Competition. The objectives of the Design, Build & Fly Competition were to have students teams design, build and fly unmanned remote control electric aircraft designed for two specific missions: a short-field cargo sortie and a cruise/ferry sortie. A 'fly-off' took place on the Cessna Flight Test Field near Wichita, KS, in April 2002. Winners of the contest: 1st place, University of CA-San Diego; 2nd, University of Southern CA; 3rd, West Virginia 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
Jun 15, 2002
Accession Number
ADA402640

Entities

People

  • Chris Bovias
  • Gregory Page
  • Michael Selig
  • Stephen Brock

Organizations

  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Configurations
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Birds
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Mechanics
  • Spars
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • STEM Education

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy