In April, Vaughn’s UAV club participated in the virtual Design-Build-Vertical-Flight (DBVF) Competition. The DBVF competition is designed to develop hands-on skills and familiarization with electric-powered vertical take-off and landing and advanced air mobility technology at the university student level. The remote-control electric-powered vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) DBVF competition seeks to encourage interest in unmanned aircraft technology, and small air vehicle design and fabrication. The competition is designed to develop hands-on skills and familiarization with eVTOL and advanced air mobility technology at the university student level, helping to prepare the next generation of engineers and leaders to push the limits of this exciting technology into the future.

The UAV club was recognized as the “most manufacturable” team by the Vertical Flight Society’s competition judges. VSF is the world’s premier vertical flight technical society and a global resource for information on vertical flight technology. Since it was founded as the American Helicopter Society in 1943, the Society has been a major force in the advancement of vertical flight. VFS is the global resource for information on vertical flight technology. For more than 75 years, it has provided global leadership for scientific, technical, educational and legislative initiatives that advance the state of the art of vertical flight.

Read more about the competition here.