Design & Build & F - Faculty of Aerospace Engineering

Participation of the Technion, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering
Undergraduate Student Team in 15 th DBF (Design & Build & Fly)
International Competition Sponsored by the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics
The 2011 Design, Build and Fly Competition was held in TIMPA (Tucson International
Modelplex Park Association) Field in Tucson, Arizona on the weekend of April 15-17, 2011.
This was the 6 th year that the Technion participated in the competition. Of the record 94
entries this year, 82 teams submitted written reports to be judged, 70 teams attended the
flyoff, all of which completed the technical inspection. Over 700 students, faculty and guests
were present .The weather was sunny and warm allowing for non-stop flying.
This year the theme of the contest was a soldier portable UAV. The airplane had to fit a
commercially available suitcase meeting airline carry-on requirements. As usual the total
score was a product of flight scores and written report scores divided by the empty weight of
the aircraft.
First place went to Georgia Tech University, second to University of Southern California and
third to Purdue. The Technion reached 8 th place winning two of four tasks: Best Written
Report and the Heaviest Flown Payload (66 standard golf balls). Considering, that the main
theme of the competition was to carry a certain amount of medical supplies to a group of
soldiers, the Technion designed UAV was best suited to fulfill this requirement among all the
competitors.
The teams participating in the competition and the organizers stressed the innovative and
attractive UAV design of the Technion's entry (GolfiTech).
The Technion, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate Students with the GolfiTech
UAV accompanied by Mr. Shlomo Tsach the project supervisor and Prof. Benny Landkof
representing the faculty.

Michal Jashinski, Student Project Leader with GolfiTech UAV
The GolfiTech UAV during the competition flight