Design Build Fly
Design Build Fly is a University of Washington student team designing, fabricating, testing and flying electric radio-controlled aircraft for the annual AIAA competition. The team reports more than 60 members across 13 disciplines and seven subteams. Its UW-26 Mako aircraft finished second at the 2026 Wichita flyoff, attended by 89 teams. Mako used a contra-rotating propeller system and a V-tail to support banner deployment; the team completed 88 precompetition flights and achieved the competition's highest banner-towing mission score.
Identity
- Field
- Unmanned aircraft design, aerodynamics, propulsion, avionics, telemetry, manufacturing, flight testing, and AIAA Design Build Fly competition
- Name
- Design Build Fly
- Region
- NA
- Status
- active
Details
- Description
- Design Build Fly is a University of Washington student team designing, fabricating, testing and flying electric radio-controlled aircraft for the annual AIAA competition. The team reports more than 60 members across 13 disciplines and seven subteams. Its UW-26 Mako aircraft finished second at the 2026 Wichita flyoff, attended by 89 teams. Mako used a contra-rotating propeller system and a V-tail to support banner deployment; the team completed 88 precompetition flights and achieved the competition's highest banner-towing mission score.
- Latitude
- 47.6542
- Location
- Longitude
- -122.3081
- University
Links
- Website
- https://www.dbfuw.com/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 1, 2026 at 14:34:18 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 29, 2026 at 13:18:39 UTC