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Design/Build/Fly Competition: Real-World RC Aircraft Experience for Students

The Design/Build/Fly competition challenges students to engineer and construct a remote-controlled airplane to complete specific missions. This initiative, co-hosted by Cessna and Raytheon, engages over 80 universities annually and offers participants invaluable hands-on experience in aircraft design and analysis. Scheduled for April 11-13, 2014, in Wichita, KS, teams are scored on their design reports, aircraft performance (carrying capacity, weight, speed), and successful flight missions. Each team aims to excel in their designs and earn a top 15 placement.

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Design/Build/Fly Competition: Real-World RC Aircraft Experience for Students

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  1. What is Design/Build/Fly? • Each year we: • Design an RC airplane to accomplish a prescribed set of missions • Build our design • Fly the finished aircraft at competition • The project provides students of all years with real-world aircraft design experience and the opportunity to validate their analytic studies

  2. Competition • Co-hosted by Cessna and Raytheon • Attracts 80+ universities annually • April 11-13, 2014 in Wichita, KS • Scoring based on: • Design Report • Max carrying capacity • Aircraft weight • Speed missions with and without payload

  3. Current Progress & Goals • Current Progress • Preliminary design complete • Detailed design by Feb 1st • Design report due Feb 25th • First prototype build in-progress • Test flight Feb 15th • Goals • Maintain high report score • Fly all three missions • Place in top 15

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