AIAA University of Minnesota Chapter
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Student Level
● Networking● Tours● Paper Conferences● Outreaching Events● Host for Recruitment
Opportunities● Projects
RC Plane Project
Objectives● Become familiar with the components that make up
R.C. planes● Gain the piloting skills needed to successfully take
off/land solo● Apply material learned in class to R.C. planes
– Improving upon designs, observing stall characteristics, etc.
RC Plane Project
Methods● “Buddy Box” system ● Computer Simulator
RC Plane Project
Future Projects● Fly Larger Scale Planes● Competitions● FPV Streaming● Building Kit Planes
CanSat 2012CanSat is a Design Build Fly
Competition
that reflects a typical aerospace system.
Mission : The Mission is to Launch an autonomous CanSat that consists of large hen’s egg and should be deployed at an 470 to 650m altitude, once deployed you should have a decent system that could reduce the decent rate to 10m/s and 5m/s at 91meters eventually.
CanSat 2013
Midwest Paper Conference 2014
– Aerospace Midwest Paper conferecne– From : April 2nd – April 4th
– Location : University of Minnesota Twincities
– Deadlines for Abstracts Feb 2nd week– Excellent Opportunity to publish your
research, meet the aerospace companies, take tours in the aerospace department labs(National hypersonic labs, UAV labs, Control systems Labs, Wind tunnel and many more labs.