Tag: Advanced Aero Vehicle Group

Missouri S&T students set to soar with hand-made airplane

Posted by on March 8, 2016

A team of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will fly its student-designed and -built remote-controlled airplane over 100 feet into the air and drop sandbags onto a target as part of the Society of Automotive Engineers’ (SAE) annual Aero Design East Competition.

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Missouri S&T students to participate in rocket competition

Posted by on June 19, 2015

A team of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will launch its hand-built rocket 23,000 feet into the air as part of the Experimental Sounding Rocket Association’s 10th Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Challenge (IREC).

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Missouri S&T’s Advanced Aero Vehicle Group set to soar

Posted by on April 23, 2015

A team of students from Missouri University of Science and Technology will fly its student-designed and -built airplane over 100 feet into the air and drop a small sandbag onto a target as part of the Society of Automotive Engineers’ (SAE) annual Aero Design West Competition.

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S&T’s student design team to participate in St. Louis airshow

Posted by on April 29, 2014

Student design team members from Missouri S&T will help promote the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields at the Spirit of St. Louis Air Show and STEM Expo on Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4.

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S&T’s Advanced Aero Vehicle Group earns fourth place

Posted by on April 10, 2014

Missouri S&T’s Advanced Aero Vehicle Group earned fourth place in the advanced class at the annual Aero Design West Competition, held Friday, March 28, through Sunday, March 30, at the Fort Worth Thunderbirds Flying Field in Fort Worth, Texas.

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S&T’s Advanced Aero Vehicle Group to compete

Posted by on March 18, 2014

A team of students from Missouri S&T will fly a student-designed and -built 8.3-pound airplane 100 feet into the air and drop a small sandbag onto a target as part of the Society of Automotive Engineers’ annual Aero Design West Competition.

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UMR team finishes second in airplane event

Posted by on June 22, 2004

For the second time in 2004, a radio-controlled airplane designed by UMR students carried the most weight in an international student-design competition, and the team finished second overall in the event.

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UMR places second in heavy-lift aircraft event

Posted by on April 19, 2004

A team of UMR students finished second in an international weight-lifting competition of radio-controlled airplanes held April 16-18 in Deland, Fla. The UMR team also received a trophy for lifting the most weight in the competition.

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Lifting heavy, flying high

Posted by on January 27, 2004

Weighing in at 35 pounds, the UMR Advanced Aero Vehicle Group’s radio-controlled aircraft is no lightweight when it comes to the Society of Automotive Engineers’ annual "heavy lift" competition. The plane lifted twice its weight in last year’s Aero Design East competition, giving the team its first-ever national championship last May.

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