A team of young engineers from the University of Michigan took first place in this year’s Vertical Flight Society (VFS) Design-Build-Vertical-Flight competition. The event, which challenges students to build a remote-controlled, unmanned electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight not exceeding 20 pounds, attracted seven academic teams.
The VFS, which is a technical society founded as the American Helicopter Society in 1943, awarded the top prize of $2,000 to the Michigan team. The University of Maryland came in second ($1,000) and Ohio State University was in third place ($500). Honorable mentions went to Montreal’s McGill University, Oregon State University, Pennsylvania State University, and Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology in New York.
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