Sydney UAV Engineering’s Post

Project Orange Hornet has secured a spot in the Top 10 for the first time in USYD DBF history! Sydney UAV Engineering is thrilled to share that our USYD DBF team’s entry into the 2024 AIAA Design Build Fly competition, Orange Hornet, has achieved: 🏆 P1 in Asia-Pacific 🏆 P1 in Australia 🥈 P2 internationally 🌏 P10 out of 107 teams overall Orange Hornet is a remote-controlled UAV designed for Urban Air Mobility, capable of efficient transportation of medical supplies and passengers. Featuring a 1.5 m wingspan and a rapid wing swivel mechanism, the aircraft can seamlessly fit within a 2.5 ft (0.76 m) parking space and can be assembled with full payload in under 5 minutes. Marking the team’s second ever attendance of the DBF Fly-offs, the aircraft flew competitively in Wichita, Kansas, and completed all missions successfully without any failures. This outstanding achievement reflects the dedication and hard work of every member of the USYD DBF Engineering and Operations teams, who have devoted themselves tirelessly to this project over the past year. We are also immensely grateful to the staff members at the University of Sydney, particularly our Team Faculty Advisor, Professor KC Wong, for his commitment to providing resources, guidance, and workshop space, and Jeremy Randle, who was ever ready to offer his mentorship to the team throughout the process. A special thanks to all the other university staff members who contributed expertise at our critical design reviews – Dries Verstraete, Nicholas Lawson FRAeS, Zihao Wang, Yuchen Huang, and Nishanth Menakath. An aircraft’s success hinges on its pilot – we would like to extend our thanks to Steve Dalton -Keep for flying our aircraft during flight-testing this season, enabling us to test performance capabilities and push limits. And to our Competition Pilot, Jimmy Prouty, who spearheaded the team’s competition run at the Fly-off with his exceptional flying of Orange Hornet in the extremely windy conditions of Wichita. We express our deepest gratitude to our sponsors for their generous support, with special appreciation to our Sapphire sponsors: the School of AMME and the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Sydney, and Innovaero. Thank you to LEAP Australia, Balsa Central, Engineers Australia, and OpenDoor Coaching, for contributing to next-generation engineering. At Sydney UAV Engineering, we are committed to pushing the boundaries of UAV design and fostering the growth of our members as engineers and leaders. We are proud to have achieved this well and truly this season, where we designed an aircraft that stands proudly amongst veterans of the competition. The team will continue to strive for excellence in the seasons to come. Thank you for joining us on this journey so far – here’s to the next season, and beyond!

We are very excited to announce Open Door Coaching as our newest sponsor! At SUAVE, we value OpenDoor’s commitment to bringing out the best in the people they work with - by providing personalised coaching for anyone looking for a lucrative job in high frequency trading. Through their OpenDoor Academy program, you get access to weekly one-on-one mentoring, insights into top HFT firms, weekly mock interviews, 400+ practice interview questions, and their in-house resume service. You can learn more about their unique program at: https://lnkd.in/gYZUGdTA We extend our appreciation to OpenDoor Coaching for this valuable partnership! #usydSUAVEteam #usyddbf #OpenDoorCoaching #trading #engineering #UAVengineering #studentclub #aiaadbf #dbf2024 #usyd #aeronautics

We would like to extend a massive thank you to Balsa Central for their unwavering support and supply of high-grade wood. Balsa Central is a major Australian provider of balsa wood and plywood which are produced exclusively in environmentally and socially sustainable plantations in Papua New Guinea. A well-made aircraft begins with finding the right materials. Our USYD DBF team relies on wood from Balsa Central to build our airframes and payload. Balsa Central’s commitment to exceptional quality timber is something the team could not be prouder of! #usydSUAVEteam #usyddbf #engineering #UAVengineering #studentclub #aiaa #aiaadbf #dbf2023 #dbf2024 #usyd #aeronautics #balsacentral

Several weeks back, we held our very first Design Night to showcase the work of our engineering teams over the past couple of months. In the ultimate journey to achieve fixed wing autonomous racing, we celebrated our first quadcopter flight, successful SITL simulation, and our progress in computer vision research with Project FASTR! We were also buzzing with excitement as we unveiled our latest entry for the DBF competition - Project Orange Hornet! Like a real hornet, Project Orange Hornet represents a spirit of courage and fearlessness in the face of challenges, which the USYD DBF team has embodied over the past few months. We extend a heartfelt gratitude to everyone who turned up and supported us - your encouragement drives our achievements! With the competition just a few months away, we are so excited to reveal our aircraft for the season ✈️ #usydSUAVEteam #usyddbf #engineering #UAVengineering #studentclub #aiaa #aiaadbf #dbf2023 #dbf2024 #usyd #aeronautics

We are so happy to announce our newest sponsor - Innovaero. Innovaero is a culmination of the values and goals that we have here at Sydney UAV Engineering. At the forefront of innovation in the UAV industry, Innovaero focuses on advancing technologies such as unmanned aerial systems, hybrid power systems, autonomy, and on-board analytics. Their extensive experience with medium to large UASs will provide opportunities for the team to expand the bounds of our UAV knowledge! The team also had the opportunity to visit Innovaero headquarters in Perth earlier in the year. It was a fantastic chance to see the ways in which future-defining technologies in the field of UAVs are currently being advanced. Thank you Innovaero for having us and we look forward to laying the foundations for an incredible partnership! #usydSUAVEteam #usyddbf #innovaero #engineering #UAVengineering #studentclub #aiaadbf #dbf2024 #usyd #aeronautics