
AIAA Design/Build/Fly Competition
Ages:Undergraduate
Type:Performance
Category:STEM
Scope:National
Registration Opens
Oct 15, 2019 8:00am
America/New_York
Registration Closes
Oct 31, 2019 5:00pm
America/New_York
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/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 which 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.
Cash prizes are $3,000 for 1st, $2,000 for 2nd and $1,500 for 3rd place.
Students must design, document, fabricate, and demonstrate the aircraft they determine to be capable of achieving the highest score on the specified mission profile(s). Mission scores will be based on the demonstrated mission performance obtained during the contest. Each team must also submit a written Design Report.
Total Score
Each team's overall score will be computed from their Written Report Score and Total Mission Score using the following formula:SCORE = Written Report Score * Total Mission Score
The Total Mission Score will be computed from the individual Flight Mission and Ground Mission Scores using the following formula:Total Mission Score = M1 + M2 + M3 + GM
Website: https://www.aiaa.org/dbf
Managing Organization: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Contact:
director@aiaadbf.org
800.639.2422
Entry Fee: $$0
Eligibility:
Any university student may submit.
Registration Opens
Oct 15, 2019 8:00am
America/New_York
Registration Closes
Oct 31, 2019 5:00pm
America/New_York
Overview
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/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 which 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.
Cash prizes are $3,000 for 1st, $2,000 for 2nd and $1,500 for 3rd place.
Process
Criteria
Total Score
Each team's overall score will be computed from their Written Report Score and Total Mission Score using the following formula:SCORE = Written Report Score * Total Mission Score
The Total Mission Score will be computed from the individual Flight Mission and Ground Mission Scores using the following formula:Total Mission Score = M1 + M2 + M3 + GM
Awards
Participate
Website: https://www.aiaa.org/dbf
Managing Organization: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Contact:
director@aiaadbf.org
800.639.2422
Entry Fee: $0
Eligibility:
Any university student may submit.
Deadlines
Registration Opens
Oct 15, 2019 8:00am
America/New_York
Registration Closes
Oct 31, 2019 5:00pm
America/New_York