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UWF AIAA Design-Build-Fly 2024
University of West Florida Libraries
Student Scholars Symposium and Faculty Research Showcase (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 04/18/2024)
04/18/2024
Abstract
Aircraft design competitions provide a great opportunity for engineering students to gain experience designing and fabricating RC aircraft. Every year, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics hosts their Design/Build/Fly aircraft design competition. This year, the competition missions and design limitations are based around the theme of Urban Air Mobility. Teams are awarded scores based on payload carried, time per lap, and battery capacity. Teams are invited to submit a proposal, in which teams outline their conceptual design approach, team structure, analysis techniques, and manufacturing plans for their aircraft. The University of West Florida Design/Build/Fly team consists of 5 seniors and 3 sophomores undergraduate mechanical engineering students. The senior team members have competed in 2 previous aircraft design competitions. The team hopes to leverage this previous experience to create a competitive aircraft design. So far, this goal has been achieved. The team's proposal was ranked among the top 50 out of the 149 proposals submitted. Many of the teams we are competing with have more members, some of them with graduate and aerospace engineering degrees. The team is satisfied with our placement so far and has met the goals outlined in the proposal. The team has submitted an overall design report and is in the process of manufacturing our competition plane.
Details
- Title
- UWF AIAA Design-Build-Fly 2024
- Resource Type
- Poster
- Event
- Student Scholars Symposium and Faculty Research Showcase (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 04/18/2024)
- Contributors
- Bradley Regez (Faculty Mentor)
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
- Format
- pdf
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries by the author to digitize and/or display this information for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380555671206600
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering; Office of Undergraduate Research; 2024 Student Scholars Symposium & Faculty Research Showcase; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering
- Language
- English