Resume of the New Flying Competition 2016

The New Flying Competition

16.10.2016

LSV Guenther Groenhoff Stade e.V.

After the teams got to know each other a little better, the members of Neues Fliegen e.V. used the time on Saturday to get the airfield in Stade in perfect condition for the event the next day. Everybody was excited and motivated to get the final preparations of the competition done. With combined forces and some advices by the head of the jury Frank Dohrmann ,  Prof. Detlef Schulze, the mentor of Neues Fliegen e.V. and members of the LSV (aviator-association) Guenther Groenhoff Stade e.V. the preparations were finished in the early evening hours and everybody was stoked for the upcoming day.

The first task was to start the airplane with the critical engine (decided by the jury) switched off and to fly a right- and a left-hand-bend before landing the airplane again. The team from “AGH University of Science and Technology” in Krakau/Poland went first and did very well due to their smart engine concept. Secondly the team HAWings from the “Hamburg University of Applied Sciences”   was able to reveal their airplanes abilities for the first time and coped well with the task.

Flight by AERO Team ILK AGHFlight by HAWings

Now it was the turn of the team from the “Northwestern Polytechnical University” in Xian/China to take on the first task but the first attempt was canceled by their pilot. The second try was more successful but the plane crossed the fences while starting which had to result in a disqualification for the first task. Nevertheless the pilot tried to fulfil the task but struggled to keep the lightweight airplane stable. Even so he managed to land the airplane safely.

Flight by NPU Innovations

The last team to take on the first task was the team from the “Bialystok University of Technology”/Poland who came up with a special concept for their model. Although their model seemed on the one hand very agile but on the other hand a little bit unstable they managed to fulfil the first task, too.

First flight by Podlaska Wytwórnia Samolotów

The second task was a very challenging one too: The teams had to fly a loop and afterwards fly for 10 minutes with an average speed of 60km/h while keeping the energy efficiency in mind. The team from Krakau and the HAWings showed a formidable performance with their very stable flying airplanes. Afterwards the team from Xian attended to the second task. Their flight seemed a little less stable then the two flights that preceded. But still they managed to complete the task and land their airplane convincingly.

The team from Bialystok had to take on the task with a restriction – they were not allowed to fly a loop because in the run-up to the competition they didn´t show to the jury that their model was capable of withstanding the great forces that appear during a loop. After finishing the endurance flight the jury discussed the matter once again and decided to give the team a chance to fly the loop but unfortunately the plane crumbled under the stress and crashed – luckily with nobody being harmed.

Afterwards there was still a bit of time and the team from Xian was given the opportunity to retry the first task. This time the takeoff went well but the landing resulted in a minor crash.

The standings

Congratulations to all the competing teams and special thanks to the University of applied sciences Hamburg, Professor Detlef Schulze and especially to all our sponsors and supporters!

Magda Rucinski & Nicolai Albrecht