![]() Having secured several awards with their debut entrance in 2020, the Islamic University of Technology’s Team ANTS continued their form into 2021, who were awarded the coveted Design award, supported by a well laid out and comprehensive Design Report, supported by two good Design Reviews and aerodynamic and stability calculations, for their hybrid design with three tilting rotors. Their UAS performed well in the X-Plane simulation with the second highest score, performing particularly well in the Climb & Glide test. The judges particularly liked this team’s efforts to reduce pollution by using novel materials, including used PET bottles as drone components and for creating fibre sheets from banana leaves as a fuselage covering. In addition to their overall 3rd place win, University of Moratuwa’s Mora Avions also picked up the Environment award for the team’s UAS design. NUST Airworks also clinched the Safety Award, with the judges commenting that the National University of Sciences and Technology’s entry won the award with an excellent explanation of their general approach and a good hazard table with clear consequences of concern, preventative and corrective measures. They were closely followed by NUST Airworks from National University of Science & Technology, whose good approach to capturing the requirements of the competition was noted by the judges, leading to consistent scoring across all their reports and X-Plane event. ![]() ![]() Overall, the judges noted this as a “very promising design for our humanitarian aid mission” and a worthy winner for this year’s UAS Challenge. This not only allows teams who are unable to compete in-person to participate in a virtual fly-off, but it also helps to develop their abilities with industry-level software.ĭescribed as a ‘Dual system hybrid UAV’ chosen because of its ability to glide, hover as well as vertical take-off, together with a partially recessed payload location and interesting release system, Team WRise’s aircraft was flown in fixed wing configuration in the X-Plane simulation and performed well against all the test criteria, scoring the highest in this event. This year’s UAS Challenge is sponsored by GKN Aerospace, Leonardo, QinetiQ, Babcock International, Raytheon, RS Grass Roots and Mashoom, with support from ARPAS-UK and AirDropBox.Īlongside strong results in the Design Reports, Team WRise also benefitted from the highest score during the X-Plane event, a new virtual event introduced this year for virtual testing and flight setup. Several teams were the recipients of the Challenge’s awards during a virtual presentation that took place on 18 June, following a successful second year of virtual events designed to mitigate the ongoing restrictions from COVID. ![]() Search our library and digital resources. ![]()
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