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UA VTOL

UA VTOL is The University of Akron student drone design team developing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for the Vertical Flight Society Design-Build-Vertical Flight competition. Current team materials document the Night Fury carbon-fiber hexacopter, autonomous waypoint flight, precision water-bottle payload delivery, hands-on research/design/build/program/fly work, and a second-place inaugural competition result.

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Electric VTOL drone design, carbon-fiber airframes, autonomous flight, waypoint navigation, precision payload delivery, programming, and Vertical Flight Society DBVF competition
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UA VTOL
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UA VTOL is The University of Akron student drone design team developing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for the Vertical Flight Society Design-Build-Vertical Flight competition. Current team materials document the Night Fury carbon-fiber hexacopter, autonomous waypoint flight, precision water-bottle payload delivery, hands-on research/design/build/program/fly work, and a second-place inaugural competition result.
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Creation Time
August 15, 2026 at 08:44:42 UTC
Updated Time
August 15, 2026 at 08:44:42 UTC