Today members of our team (BZB UAS) had the great pleasure of receiving thanks at a press conference from a group of outstanding students from the Academic Aviation Club, who won many awards presenting their ideas in the USA!
Team JeatStream from the Academic Aviation Club
Team JeatStream from the Academic Aviation Club, one of the best student research clubs, took part in the prestigious SAE Aero Design 2019 East and SAE Aero Design 2019 West competitions.
The students from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology faced a very difficult challenge... a mission simulating the colonisation of Mars.
The first part of the mission was to climb to 100 feet (~30 m) and drop habitats from the mother aircraft onto a target – several dozen foam footballs and a dozen or so half-litre bottles of water. The next stage was to release, 200 feet from the target, three fully autonomous gliders attached under the mother aircraft, carrying colonists in the form of table tennis balls. The target for the payloads had a radius of 50 feet (about 15 m).
The students also competed in the Micro class, which is about carrying the heaviest possible load in the lightest possible aircraft and assembling the aircraft in the shortest possible time.
The competitions take place in Fort Worth, Texas, and Van Nuys, California.
Awards won at SAE Aero Design 2019 East:
–2nd place overall in the Advanced class.
–3rd place overall in the Micro class.
–2nd place for flights in the Advanced class.
–3rd place in the Micro class for the technical report
–3rd place in the Micro class for successful flights and the aircraft-to-payload weight ratio
Awards won at SAE Aero Design 2019 West:
–3rd place for the technical presentation of the aircraft in the Micro class,
–3rd place for mission performance in the Micro class,
–2nd place for mission performance in the Advanced class,
–2nd place overall in the Advanced class.
As a result, the JeatStream team from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology has been among the top three student teams building the best unmanned aircraft in the world for 6 years!
Our company supported the club with expertise and during the construction of the flying machines.
The whole BZB UAS team congratulates you once again on your awards and wishes you continued success!