Union College Flying Dutchman Micro Team

SAE Aero Lift is an intercollegiate competition where mechanical, electrical engineering, and computer science students from Union College design and build a remote controlled and autonomous aircraft system to meet specified mission objectives and then compete with their design against engineering students from around the world. The objective of the Micro Class is to design a RC airplane that carries maximal payload with minimal vehicle weight. The plane must also packable into a 12" by 3.5" by 13.5" box, and be able to be assembled to loaded, flight ready, status in fewer than 2 minutes from unboxing. This year's Micro Event team was led by junior students, and involved several sophomores and first year students as well. The Micro event team had intended to travel to Fort Worth, Texas for competition during the first week of April, 2020. Our presentation will consist of an overview of our design and build of the aircraft.