The objective of the 2018-2019 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Design Build Fly (DBF) competition was to simulate a naval bomber capable of aircraft carrier operations. The aircraft had to fulfill many challenging design requirements including, the ability to drop attack stores remotely, unfold and lock its wings remotely from a stored configuration, take off from a ten foot ramp, and include a spinning radome.
This year-long project began with design and manufacturing studies in the fall semester. The spring semester was dedicated to iterating the design and recording the results in a technical design report. To complete the missions, the team researched and developed a twin boom aircraft large enough to carry the greatest amount of attack stores possible. The radio-controlled aircraft will demonstrate its capability to complete three flight missions and one ground mission during the competition in Tuscon, Arizona in April.