SAE Aero-Design Competition

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The Ohio State University Aero-Design Team competed in the SAE East Aero-Design Competition in Kennesaw, Georgia, Thursday, April 2nd thru Sunday, April 5th.

The object of the competition was to design and build a radio-controlled airplane within SAE specified dimensions, capable of carrying a cargo load for a given motor size, also specified by SAE. Following a design presentation and inspection of the plane by a judging panel on Friday, the OSU team was 3rd out of 43 colleges and universities in the regular class, garnering the third-place design award.

The flying competition wasn't quite as successful as only one flight was completed with an empty load. The team did however rebuild the plane after a crash on Saturday and managed to get in two additional tries on Sunday, but without success.
 

Present at the competition:

  • Michael Snyder, Team Lead
  • Brent Black
  • Jeff Bower, Pilot
  • Radu Pop
  • Eric Romstadt
  • Richard Tiberio
  • Shawn Thompson
  • Joshua Webb
  • Paul Penko, Faculty Advisor
  • Eric Joyce, not at competition but contributed analysis from Fluent
Category: Undergraduate