Design Build Fly at Virginia Tech

10/14/2021

We are excited to announce that we have two new team sponsors for the year: MotoCalc and Scorpion Power Systems! Both of these companies graciously gave us free/reduced price products to help us reach #1!

MotoCalc is a comprehensive, accurate, versatile, and easy to use program for choosing and optimizing electric model airplane power systems. It'll tell you everything you need to know: Amps, Volts, Watts, RPM, Thrust, Rate of Climb, and much more. Check them out here: http://motocalc.com/

Scorpion Power Systems manufactures the brushless motors we use almost every year in our aircraft. Check them out here: https://www.scorpionsystem.com/

If you or your company are interested in sponsoring the team (and having your brand seen by hundreds of engineering students), send us a message!

10/12/2021

Hey everyone! We're excited to announce that we've launched a crowdfunding project on VT Jump! For the next 35 days, we're attempting to raise $5,000 to help fund our aircrafts and sponsor members to travel to competition in April. Any donation helps tremendously and provides you with exclusive DBF content. Be sure to share this to get the word out!

Help Virginia Tech raise $5,000 for the project: Design, Build, Fly at Virginia Tech. Your gift will make a difference!

08/26/2021

Hi everyone! We hope the beginning of the semester is treating everybody well! We have our final Lead Spotlight TONIGHT at 7:30 PM featuring our Aerodynamics Liaison, Michael Sciacca. You can join using this Zoom link: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/82972693665. Hope to see you there!

08/14/2021

Thank you to everyone who watched Giovanni's lead spotlight presentation! Here is the video if you missed it.

08/11/2021

Tonight at 8:00 PM EDT, our Manufacturing Co-Lead Giovanni Morris will be giving his spotlight presentation! Hope to see you there - you can join using the following Zoom link: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/83024356440

08/06/2021

Thank you to everyone who attended Sam's spotlight tonight! It was great getting to know more about him and what he has done over the Summer. Here is the video for everyone who missed it!

08/05/2021

Michael and David had very interesting lead spotlight presentations last week! Michael taught us about the incredible aerodynamics of a golf ball and David discussed supermaneuverable aircraft. If you missed it and would like to hear more about it, you can watch it here!

08/04/2021

Tomorrow Thursday the 5th, our Systems lead Sam Elder will be on the spotlight at 8:00 pm EDT! If you are interested in attending, you can follow the zoom link below. Hope to see you there!
https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/83332892160

07/27/2021

We have another Lead Spotlight this week! Our Aerodynamics lead Michael Deitch (left) and CAD lead David Eweka (right) will be presenting this Thursday (7/29) at 8:00 PM EDT. You can join using this link: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/83019302857. See you all there!

07/24/2021

Thank you to everyone who came to Pranay's and Calvin's lead spotlight presentation! It was very intriguing to learn more about the technology behind electric aircraft and 3D printers! Here is the video in case you missed it.

07/21/2021

Hey everyone! On Thursday July 22nd at 8:00 pm EDT / 5:00 pm PDT, our Propulsion / Electronics Lead Pranay Patel (left) and Liaison Calvin Siemers (right) will be in the Spotlight! If you don't want to miss this electrifying spotlight, join the Zoom through this link: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/82363416155. We hope to see you there!

07/18/2021

Thanks to everyone who made it to Darian's Lead Spotlight on Friday! In case you missed it, here's the recording: