In early march the team completed construction of their full scale aircraft prototype.Through flight testing, the team was able to determine areas of the aircraft that required improvement, prior to the construction of the final competition aircraft.

Construction of the competition aircraft is almost complete. The fuselage has been completely built and covered, the landing gear has been manufactured, and the wing structure is almost complete.

On March 24, the team submitted their design report to SAE international.  This report, which is a competition requirement, details the team’s design and construction process and presents the final aircraft design.

On March 25, the team submitted an entry for the NASA systems engineering award.  This award challenges SAE Aero Design teams to follow a systems engineering process throughout the entire project.  Entry, for this award, is not a requirement of the Aero competition, but is open to all competing teams.

The team will be competing in the SAE International Aero Design East competition in Marietta, Georgia from April 29 to May 1.  The competition will consist of one day of technical inspections and design presentations and two days of flight rounds.The flight score will be based on the amount of payload weight lifted in addition to an empty flight bonus, a reliability component, and a payload prediction bonus.

The team waits to use the tarmack for testing.

The weather in Manitoba makes adds a bit of difficulty to testing.

The team cheers as the aircraft successfully takes off.