Extracurricular activity

I was a part of a 4-member team that took part in the Boeing National Aeromodelling Competition held at IIT Madras. Which I contributed to the design and fabrication of the whole radio-controlled (RC) glider carrying golf balls as payload as per various technical requirements and design constraints provided by the organizers. The design process took into consideration the position of the center of gravity, lift-to-weight ratio, efficient designs of various control surfaces, and their positions, and finally submitted a detailed design report. While fabrication was done using lightweight composite materials and a suitable propeller was chosen as per the appropriate thrust-to-weight ratio parameter. Various flight tests were conducted prior to the competition and the motor-propeller combination was changed according to the test flight performances. Finally, the best prototype model was taken to the competition.

I was also part of another 4-member team that took in Tathva NIT Calicut Tech Fest’s Albatross competition. I worked on the analysis of the aerodynamics by running simulations of the radio-controlled (RC) aircraft. Analyzed the various results from XFLR5 to choose the suitable airfoil for better fight performance.  Also, designed various parts of the RC glider in Solidworks and Catia as per design constraints and technical requirements given by organizers. Spent hours in fabricating the plane using lightweight composite materials. Performed several fight tests by changing several motor-propeller combinations and the best one was took the competition.