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VTOL CWRU

Case Western Reserve University student-led design team developing and manufacturing custom vertical-takeoff-and-landing drones for the Vertical Flight Society Design-Build-Vertical Flight competition. The team’s 2025 wildfire-response aircraft won the competition fly-off and first place overall; its continuing work covers autonomous waypoint flight, targeted payload delivery, VTOL operations, and hands-on aircraft engineering.

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eVTOL aircraft, VTOL drones, autonomous flight, payload systems, and flight testing
Name
VTOL CWRU
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Description
Case Western Reserve University student-led design team developing and manufacturing custom vertical-takeoff-and-landing drones for the Vertical Flight Society Design-Build-Vertical Flight competition. The team’s 2025 wildfire-response aircraft won the competition fly-off and first place overall; its continuing work covers autonomous waypoint flight, targeted payload delivery, VTOL operations, and hands-on aircraft engineering.
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-81.609863
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Creation Time
August 14, 2026 at 21:22:21 UTC
Updated Time
August 14, 2026 at 21:22:21 UTC