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RC Plane Workshop
RC Plane Workshop
The Aero Modelling Club (AMC) organized the RC Plane Workshop for the 3rd year BE Aeronautical Engineering students from 22nd of November to the 24th of November 2021. The three day workshop was a team based exercise to design, build and fly an Remote Controlled Aircraft. Day 1 involved understanding the theory of the model, its flying parameters, drawing the model and constructing the wing. One the 2nd day, students completed the fuselage construction, remote control equipment installation and control checks. Day 3 was devoted to testing the models developed by the students. It was quite happy to see that students stayed after working hours to learn more from the trainers and take time to learn to fly their RC models. Around 30 students from the club participated in the event and upskilled themselves with knowledge in modelling, laser cutting, aerodynamics, remote control techniques and aircraft flying.
Students were given a unique opportunity to test themselves in applying their theoretical knowledge of flying to the practical world and have fun doing it. Through this event, SPICES has enabled the students to explore different possibilities in arriving at self-built RC models that can maintain a reliable flight. This was a good team building and leadership exercise for the students, as they were to discuss among themselves and delegate tasks in order to build the best model aircraft.
MAD Challenge
MAD Challenge
The Aero Modelling Club (AMC) in association with Capgemini organized a 2-day Model Aircraft Design Challenge - “MAD Challenge 1.0” , which involved a 30 day long round 1 and then a 2 day final round at Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College (SREC), Coimbatore. 15 students from around the state and 5 students from SREC participated in the event. Round 1 received over 22 submissions of which 10 were shortlisted for the finals. Teams were invited to Sri Ramakrishna Engineering College, and asked to build and fly their aircraft models from scratch. Materials were brough by the participants; the laboratory and equipments were provided at SREC UAV Lab and Idea Lab. Experts from Capgemini were invited to preside as judges for the competition. On Day 2, all the aircrafts were flown as part of the competition and the endurance and range of the models and its performance were taken into account for judging. In the valedictory ceremony, prize winners were honored with certificates, mementos, and prize money.
MAD Challenge was an attempt to encourage students from other institutions to participate in designing, building and flying an RC aircraft from scratch, by bringing their theoretical knowledge to the practical world. Since round 1 involved designing a suitable aircraft to a particular required application/specification, it tested the students theoretical know-how and helped inculcate higher levels of learning and problem solving. In Round 2, students had to work in teams to build their final model and attempt at flying it successfully. They were also exposed to usage of high precision equipments in the UAV lab and SREC-IDEA lab.
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