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AIAA UNSW Design Build Fly

AIAA UNSW Design Build Fly is a continuing student aircraft-design team formed in 2018 within UNSW's ChallENG student projects. Each season, students design and build a multipurpose radio-controlled aircraft, optimise the DBF aircraft and VTOL development, and compete in the annual AIAA Design Build Fly competition. Official 2024/2025 competition reporting documents aircraft manufacturing, tech inspection, Mission 1 flight, a 24th-place result and a Best Paper Award. This record is scoped only to the UNSW DBF team and does not attribute UNSW Rocketry, Bluesat or unrelated projects.

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Aircraft design, RC aircraft manufacturing, flight testing, VTOL development, systems integration, and AIAA Design Build Fly competition
Name
AIAA UNSW Design Build Fly
Region
OC
Status
active

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AIAA UNSW Design Build Fly is a continuing student aircraft-design team formed in 2018 within UNSW's ChallENG student projects. Each season, students design and build a multipurpose radio-controlled aircraft, optimise the DBF aircraft and VTOL development, and compete in the annual AIAA Design Build Fly competition. Official 2024/2025 competition reporting documents aircraft manufacturing, tech inspection, Mission 1 flight, a 24th-place result and a Best Paper Award. This record is scoped only to the UNSW DBF team and does not attribute UNSW Rocketry, Bluesat or unrelated projects.
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-33.9173
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151.2313
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Creation Time
August 1, 2026 at 18:07:53 UTC
Updated Time
August 1, 2026 at 18:07:53 UTC