This year's event was a great success! Congratulations to the winning schools: Ohio State, University of Maryland and Penn State. Check out the press release and our photo album of the final flyoff and awards ceremony.
The Vertical Flight Society completed its inaugural VFS Design-Build-Vertical Flight (DBVF) Student Competition in April 2021. VFS is pleased to host the second annual DBVF student competition: 2022 Request for Proposal (updated March 1, 2022) — download the latest RFP! Download the FAQ document (updated May 22, 2022) This electric-powered remote-control vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) competition seeks to encourage interest in unmanned aircraft technology, and small air vehicle design and fabrication. The competition is designed to develop hands-on skills and familiarization with eVTOL and advanced air mobility (AAM) technology at the university student level and prepare the next generation of engineers and leaders to push the limits of this exciting technology into the future. The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) Army Research Laboratory (ARL) is the host of the DBVF competition flyoff, which will be held at ARL’s Robotics Research Collaboration Campus (R2C2) at Graces Quarters in Maryland and scheduled for June 1-3, 2022. Download the ARL APG visitors guide and local visitor information including nearby hotels. The aircraft will be restricted to a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of no more than 15 lbs. (6.8 kg). The vehicle, along with any power supply and payload may not exceed 15 lbs. Aircraft size and weight will factor into the competition scoring, which will be described in the scoring section of the Request for Proposal. A total of $5,000 in cash awards will be given in two rounds and include the following:
Congratulations to the following teams for their winning Preliminary Design Reports (announced Feb. 11, 2022):
Team eligibility rules include:
Congratulations and good luck to the participating teams this year from the following universities:
2021 DBVF ResultsThe winners of the inaugural (2021) DBVF Student Competition were:
Honorable mentions:
Download the 2021 Request for Proposal. Check out our photo gallery of the winners and read the press release to learn more. Congrats to all the teams for perservance through all the challenges of design and development during the COVID-19 pandemic!
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Thank You to Our Gold Sponsor: Thank You to Our Bronze Sponsor: Sponsorship Opportunities:
Please download the sponsorship flyer for more details. Timeline for Deliverables: Letter of Intent to Submit: Preliminary Design Report: Team Component Lists & Network Diagram to ARL: Team Fly-off Participant List to ARL: UAS Pilot Certifications Training & Experience (including FAA Part 107 Certification) to ARL: closed April 25, 2022 Final Technical Report: closed May 2, 2022 – results TBA. Competition Fly-off Dates (refer to the FAQ for team day/times): Questions: Email (updated 3/1/2022) fly@hq.vtol.org Questions should be submitted by the 15th of every month - Updated FAQ document will be posted the 30th of every month |