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Design Build Vertical Flight

University of California, Irvine student Design Build Vertical Flight team. DBVF designs, fabricates, integrates, and tests electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for the Vertical Flight Society's annual competition, with airframe, avionics, and aerodynamics subteams. The current 2025-26 project addresses a wildfire-response payload mission and flight-readiness cycle; no unsupported competition result is claimed.

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eVTOL aircraft, vertical flight, airframe, avionics, aerodynamics, payload systems, and flight testing
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Design Build Vertical Flight
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University of California, Irvine student Design Build Vertical Flight team. DBVF designs, fabricates, integrates, and tests electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for the Vertical Flight Society's annual competition, with airframe, avionics, and aerodynamics subteams. The current 2025-26 project addresses a wildfire-response payload mission and flight-readiness cycle; no unsupported competition result is claimed.
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August 7, 2026 at 10:24:22 UTC
Updated Time
August 7, 2026 at 10:24:22 UTC