The Lawrence Tech Aero Design team is participating in the SAE Aero Design West competition which is held on April 4th-6th in California. The competition revolves around designing, building, and flying a large-scale, remote-controlled plane intended to carry a specific payload of up to 55 lbs. Additionally, the plane must be in pieces no more than 4 ft long. This adds additional difficulty and stress to the wings' design. We must be able to construct the wings and take off within 2 minutes. We are rewarded points based on how long the wing is and how much weight we can lift while taking off within 100 ft and landing within 400 ft. Our total score is the total from the top 3 flight rounds achieved while at competition.
2007 | 1st in design 7th - overall |
2005 | 3rd - oral presentation |
2021 | 5th - overall |
2024 | 6th in mission score 8th - overall |
2009 | 8th - overall |
2011 | 8th - overall |
2016 | 8th - oral presentation |
2010 | 9th - overall |
2012 | 10th - overall |
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