Ug Dbf - University Of Glasgow Design Build Fly

Team from the University of Glasgow's Department of Aerospace Sciences aiming to compete in the AIAA Design /Build /Fly competition in Wichita, Kansas 2018

So what's the competition about? Taken from the official competition, which started in 1996, website (http://www. aiaadbf.org/):
Design Build Fly competition "provides a real-world aircraft design experience for engineering students by giving them the opportunity to validate their analytic studies.
Student teams will design, fabricate, and demonstrate the flight capabilities of an unmanned, electric powered, radio controlled aircraft which can best meet the specified mission profile. The goal is a balanced design possessing good demonstrated flight handling qualities and practical and affordable manufacturing requirements while providing a high vehicle performance.
To encourage innovation and maintain a fresh design challenge for each new years participants, the design requirements and performance objective will be updated for each new contest year. The changes will provide new design requirements and opportunities, while allowing for application of technology developed by the teams from prior years. "